They Also Ran: The Story of the Men Who Were Defeated for the Presidency
by Stone, Irving
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc.. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1944. First Edition. Hardcover. Profiles of nineteen men aspired to the presidency and were defeated in their bid. "The stories are not told in their chronological order but are grouped according to those analogies which give history a fascinating plot structure." Includes source notes and index. End papers contain interesting charts of the elections and those who are profiled in the book. A nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no internal or external markings. Includes such luminaries as Lewis Cass, Winfield Scott, Henry Clay, William Jennings Bryan, John C. Fremont, Alfred Landon, etc. A nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no internal or external markings. Blue publisher's cloth binding with gilt spine lettering (which is dull). ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 389 pages .
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Details
- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 18418
- Title
- They Also Ran: The Story of the Men Who Were Defeated for the Presidency
- Author
- Stone, Irving
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Doran & Company , Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1944
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About the Seller
Peninsula Books
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Traverse City, Michigan
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