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Lost Rights: The Misadventures of a Stolen American Relic

Lost Rights: The Misadventures of a Stolen American Relic

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Lost Rights: The Misadventures of a Stolen American Relic

by Howard, David

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0618826076
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9780618826070
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New York: Houghton Mifflin, 2010. Edition Not Specified. Near Fine/Near Fine DJ. 8vo = over 9". n/a. Printing Not Spec. Dark yellow cloth hardcover with red backstrip, gold lettering on spine. Very clean, tight binding, bright copy. Dustjacket is matte, clean, crisp.

Synopsis

Near the close of the Civil War, as General Sherman blazed his path to the sea, an unknown infantryman rifled through the North Carolina state house.The soldier was hunting for simple Confederate mementos—maps, flags, official correspondence—but he wound up discovering something far more valuable. He headed home to Ohio with one of the touchstones of our republic: one of the fourteen original copies of the Bill of Rights. Lost Rights follows that document’s singular passage over the course of 138 years, beginning with the Indiana businessman who purchased the looted parchment for five dollars, then wending its way through the exclusive and shadowy world of high-end antiquities—a world populated by obsessive archivists, oddball collectors, forgers, and thieves— and ending dramatically with the FBI sting that brought the parchment back into the hands of the government. For fans of The Billionaire’s Vinegar and The Lost Painting , Lost Rights is “a tour de force of antiquarian sleuthing” (Hampton Sides).

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Bookseller
Heritage Books US (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #
NF39465
Title
Lost Rights: The Misadventures of a Stolen American Relic
Author
Howard, David
Illustrator
n/a
Book Condition
Used - Near Fine
Jacket Condition
Near Fine DJ
Edition
Edition Not Specified
Binding
Hardcover
ISBN 10
0618826076
ISBN 13
9780618826070
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
2010
Pages
344pp
Size
8vo = over 9"
Keywords
Bookseller catalogs
History-U.S. General;

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Our bookshop is located in the historic town library building of Southampton, Massachusetts. Southampton lies within the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts with a view of Pomeroy Mountain to the West and Mt. Tom to the North. It is situated between the artistic, vibrant communities of Easthampton and Northampton and the city of Westfield. We have a collection of over 40,000 books with many more waiting to be unboxed and squeezed onto our shelves. The large double-door front entrance will lead you to our main floor where we hold a wide range of fiction and non-fiction titles, as well as a good selection of scarce and rare editions. The original fireplace is surrounded by hardbacks and you can peer out the original nine-foot windows. Take the staircase to the basement and you will find our large children's section and many shelves full of paperbacks. Our physical address is 225 College Highway/Route 10. Our mailing address is 241 College Highway & Clark St. P.O. Box 100 Southampton, MA 01073. The store hours indicated are by appointment only Monday through Friday, and Saturday and Sunday you can stop in. Please call to schedule an appointment if you can't make it to the store on the weekends from 11 am to 3 pm.

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