Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1972. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good +. xi, [1], 376 p.; 23 cm. Blue cloth with gilt spine title. Illustrated dust jacket. The National Intelligencer and Washington Advertiser was a newspaper published in Washington, D.C., from 1800 to 1870. The author examines the important roles played by the founding editor, Samuel Harrision Smith, and the paper's primary editors, Joseph Gales, Jr., and William Winson Seaton. He also "summarizes the paper's public position on almost every important issue from 1807 until 1865." -- dust jacket. Book is in Near Fine Condition: top page edges slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and tight. Dust jacket is in Very Good+ Condition: edges rubbed; spine slightly soiled; otherwise, clean and bright.

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Bookseller: Classic Books and Ephemera (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 007924
Title: A History of the National Intelligencer
Author: Ames, William E
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition: very good +
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0807811785
ISBN 13: 9780807811788
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Place of Publication: Chapel Hill
Date Published: 1972
Bookseller catalogs: American History;

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Tight: Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
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Cloth: "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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