An American Patrician or the Story of Aaron Burr
by LEWIS, Alfred Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1908. Hardcover. Small 8vo. Burgundy blind-embossed cloth with ivory lettering and oval plate tipped to front board. ix, 336pp. Frontispiece, illustrations. Good plus. Lightly edgeworn and a tad rubbed, with spine lettering largely worn off. Tight, decent first edition of this highly fictionalized life of Thomas Jefferson's first vice president, American Revolutionary War officer, attorney and politician 1756-1836).
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 46247
- Title
- An American Patrician or the Story of Aaron Burr
- Author
- LEWIS, Alfred Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1908
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; American Literature; Colonial Americana;
Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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