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Washington Goes to War - The Extraordinary Story of the Transformation of a City and a Nation
by Brinkley, David
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Very Good/very good
- ISBN 10
- 0394510259
- ISBN 13
- 9780394510255
- Seller
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Eugene, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1988. Third printing. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Black hardcover 3rd printing in dustjacket. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, "To Don Stiffler - Happy Father's Day! David Brinkley." Included in an envelope affixed to the front pastedown is a card providing provenance (pictured). General shelf-wear to the boards and a bit of bending at the heel of the spine. Text clean and tight as if unread. Unclipped jacket with matching shelfwear at the edges and a bit of browning to the extremeties. 286 pp., some black and white photos.
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- Bookseller
- Tangible Tales
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 427
- Title
- Washington Goes to War - The Extraordinary Story of the Transformation of a City and a Nation
- Author
- Brinkley, David
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third printing
- ISBN 10
- 0394510259
- ISBN 13
- 9780394510255
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1988
- Keywords
- World War II David Brinkley Washington DC United States History Commentary Historical Signed Autographed
- Bookseller catalogs
- HISTORY / Military / World War II; History; HISTORY / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA);
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- Shelfwear
- Minor wear resulting from a book being place on, and taken from a bookshelf, especially along the bottom edge.
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- 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...
- 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....
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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