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The Man
by Wallace, Irving
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Skyway, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964. Stated first printing. Tight, square, unmarked in full cloth binding. A bit of very faint foxing to page edges. 766pp. Jacket is lightly rubbed, with original price intact on front flap, and in a protective mylar cover. A novel about a first black president of the United States!. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall.
Synopsis
The time is 1964. The place is the Cabinet Room of the White House. An unexpected accident and the law of succession have just made Douglass Dilman the first black President of the United States. This is the theme of what was surely one of the most provocative novels of the 1960s. It takes the reader into the storm center of the presidency, where Dilman, until now an almost unknown senator, must bear the weight of three burdens: his office, his race, and his private life. From beginning to end, The Man is a novel of swift and tremendous drama, as President Dilman attempts to uphold his oath in the face of international crises, domestic dissension, violence, scandal, and ferocious hostility. Push comes to shove in a breathtaking climax, played out in the full glare of publicity, when the Senate of the United States meets for the first time in one hundred years to impeach the President.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Turn-The-Page Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 067916
- Title
- The Man
- Author
- Wallace, Irving
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Size
- 8vo - 8" - 9" Tall
- Keywords
- Fiction Novel
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
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Customer service is our top priority! Susan is an ALA member librarian and lifelong book collector and enthusiast. Peter has happily spent over 30 years in the used book business. Books are well packaged to prevent damage in transit.
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- Cloth
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- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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