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His Excellency: George Washington
by Joseph J. Ellis
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Very Good+
- ISBN 10
- 1400040310
- ISBN 13
- 9781400040315
- Seller
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Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
Item Price
A$10.85A$9.76
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About This Item
Hardcover first edition with dust jacket, published by Knopf, 2004. The dust jacket has been price clipped at the top corner of the front flap. From his earliest years through his two terms as President, Ellis also details Washington's private life, and the ways it influenced his public persona. 320 pages with Index and Notes. Black colored boards with the author and title imprinted on the spine in gold. The edges of the text block are clean, sewn binding is tight and square. This is not a remainder, not a library discard. No former ownership marks, no writing on the text pages. The attached photo is of the copy we have in our inventory.
Synopsis
Joseph Ellis is the Pulitzer Prize_winning author of Founding Brothers . His portrait of Thomas Jefferson, American Sphinx , won the National Book Award. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts, with his wife, Ellen, and their youngest son, Alex.
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- Bookseller
- Hopkins Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20-313
- Title
- His Excellency: George Washington
- Author
- Joseph J. Ellis
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1400040310
- ISBN 13
- 9781400040315
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004-10-26
- Keywords
- American revolution, Presidents,
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; 20Q2;
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Hopkins Books
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Nashua, New Hampshire
About Hopkins Books
We're a small, independent, family run book seller specializing in current fiction and non-fiction, with an emphasis on Art, Art History, History, Memoirs, Travel Memoirs, Signed First Editions, and Literature in Translation.Do you have any questions about our books ? Let us know, we'd love to hear from you! Do you want to see a photo of a book before you order it ? We try to post as many photos as possbiel, but sometimes there will be a item in inventory that does not show a photo here. So feel free to ask for photos, we don't mind at all. We package all of our orders carefully either in a box that has been designed to ship books, or in a padded envelope. We want to make sure you receive your order in the best possible condition!Our preferred shipping method is USPS Media Mail. Recently, the USPS has added tracking to Media Mail , which has been a great addition to this service.If you do choose to have your order shipped "Expedited", my shipping cost may seem higher than expected. Some of our books are large format hardcovers that can cost quite a bit when shipped expedited. So I would like to make sure that I can cover the cost upfront. However, if the actual cost of expedited shipping is less than the charge, I will refund the difference!
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