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An American Life
by Reagan, Ronald
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0671691988
- ISBN 13
- 9780671691981
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1990. First Edition, Second Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. First edition of An American Life, the autobiography of President Ronald Reagan, signed on the Reagan Library bookplate.. Octavo, 748pp. Blue cloth spine, red boards, title in gilt on spine. First edition, second printing, with matching number line on copyright page. Book in near fine condition, solid text block, trace of wear to head to spine. In the publisher's dust jacket, $24.95 on front flap, touch of shelf wear, a near fine example. Signed by former President Ronald Reagan on Reagan Library bookplate, affixed to the half title.
Synopsis
An American Life is the 1990 autobiography authored by former American President Ronald Reagan. Released almost two years after President Reagan left office, the book reached number eight on The New York Times' bestsellers list.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14552
- Title
- An American Life
- Author
- Reagan, Ronald
- Illustrator
- First edition of An American Life, the autobiography of President Ronald Reagan, signed on the Reagan Library bookplate.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0671691988
- ISBN 13
- 9780671691981
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1990
- Keywords
- Reagan administration, Nancy Reagan, Former president, President bush, An American Life Reagan, I Love You Ronnie The Letters of Ronald Reagan, The Reagan Diaries Brinkley, Reagan administration, Abortion and the Conscience of the nation, My Turn Mem
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Copyright page
- The page in a book that describes the lineage of that book, typically including the book's author, publisher, date of...
- Half Title
- The blank front page which appears just prior to the title page, and typically contains only the title of the book, although, at...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Number Line
- A series of numbers appearing on the copyright page of a book, where the lowest number generally indicates the printing of that...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Shelf Wear
- Shelf wear (shelfwear) describes damage caused over time to a book by placing and removing a book from a shelf. This damage is...
- 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....
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
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