The Education of an American
by SULLIVAN, Mark
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Co, 1938. Hardcover. Small 4to. Red cloth, price-clipped dust jacket. 320pp. Frontispiece, 7 illustrations. Near fine/very good. Jacket spine a bit sunned and edgeworn. Tight, clean early (not first) printing of the journalist and historian's memoir -- with choice autograph addition: Tipped to inner flyleaf is a Typed Note Signed from Sullivan, 1p, 8½" X 5 3/4", Washington, DC, 25 April 1941. Addressed to future notable Lincoln/Civil War scholar Arnold F. Gates (1914-93). Near fine. "It was thoughtful of you to send me your booklet, 'Amberglow', and I appreciate the inscription. I am taking the book with me this week-end when I visit my farm. Maybe it will give me some inspiration...." Boldly signed in black ink. Budding historian Gates had published "Amberglow of Abraham Lincoln and Ann Rutledge" in 1939 and greatly admired Sullivan's 6-volume opus, "Our Times: The United States, 1900-1925.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 4888
- Title
- The Education of an American
- Author
- SULLIVAN, Mark
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1938
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Biography; Education;
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Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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