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James G. Blaine: A Political Idol of Other Days
by Muzzey, David Saville
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Seller
-
Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1934. Biography of the congressman & senator from Maine, also an important Secretary of State under three presidents, and one of the most influential Republican politicians of the late ninteenth century. Publisher's American Political Leaders series. Stout hardcover, as pictured; the first edition (first printing), listing no later printings. Shows minor wear, a few small stains, light bumps to corners, faint paperclip impression to the first few pages; spine gilt a bit dull. Text clean; xi, [3], 514 pages; index, bibliography, b/w plates. . Later Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Large Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- w0537
- Title
- James G. Blaine: A Political Idol of Other Days
- Author
- Muzzey, David Saville
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Later Edition
- Publisher
- Dodd, Mead & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1934
- Size
- Large Octavo
- Keywords
- Politics, Government, Biography, Presidents
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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- Jacket
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- Bumps
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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