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In the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat, and Renewal
by Nixon, Richard M
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Not Issued
- Seller
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Staten Island, New York, United States
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About This Item
Norwalk, Connecticut: The Easton Press, 1990. Book. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Hardcover, bound in genuine gray leather with real 22 kt gold decoration. 384 pages. All edges gilt, silk ribbon marker sewn-in, raised spine. Index. Illustrated with black and white photographs. Two-page broad-side Collector's Notes from The Library of the President laid-in loose. First edition thus. A candid memoir of the highs and lows "of one of the most controversial men to occupy the Oval Office," before that is the advent of the present era. No previous ownership marks. A clean, fresh, unmarked and like new copy but for a single small scratch to gilt on top edge. Fine. .
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- Bookseller
- Great Expectations Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021018
- Title
- In the Arena: A Memoir of Victory, Defeat, and Renewal
- Author
- Nixon, Richard M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Not Issued
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- The Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1990
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Presidential Memoir, Fine Binding, Easton Press
- Bookseller catalogs
- Autobiography and Biography; Fine Binding;
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About the Seller
Great Expectations Rare Books
Biblio member since 2005
Staten Island, New York
About Great Expectations Rare Books
We carry a general stock of antiquarian books with a focus on Charles Dickens, 19th and 20th century literature, history and biography.
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Laid-in
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- Gilt
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- New
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- Edges
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- Fine
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