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Promises to Keep.: On Life and Politics.
by BIDEN, Joe
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York: Random House,, 2007. First edition, first printing, inscribed by the future 46th President on the title page "Ross & Linda thanks for the support Joe Biden". Biden's memoir was published in the run-up to his 2008 presidential bid, detailing his personal life (including the death of his wife and daughter) and his over three decades of service as Senator from Delaware. Octavo. Original black paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt. With dust jacket Extremities a little bumped; unclipped jacket with light creasing and rubbing at extremities and very faint staining on verso. A very good copy in like jacket.
Synopsis
Joe Biden was first elected to the United States Senate in 1972 at the age of twenty-nine and is recognized as one of the nation’s most powerful and influential voices on foreign relations, terrorism, drug policy, and crime prevention. Senator Biden grew up in New Castle County, Delaware, and graduated from the University of Delaware and the Syracuse University College of Law. Since 1991, Biden has been an adjunct professor at the Widener University School of Law, where he teaches a seminar on constitutional law. He lives in Wilmington, Delaware. From the Hardcover edition.
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- Bookseller
- Peter Harrington
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 172251
- Title
- Promises to Keep.
- Author
- BIDEN, Joe
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York: Random House,
- Date Published
- 2007
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Peter Harrington
Biblio member since 2006
London
About Peter Harrington
Since its establishment, Peter Harrington has specialised in sourcing, selling and buying the finest quality original first editions, signed, rare and antiquarian books, fine bindings and library sets. Peter Harrington first began selling rare books from the Chelsea Antiques Market on London's King's Road. For the past twenty years the business has been run by Pom Harrington, Peter's son.
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- Gilt
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Rubbing
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- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.
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