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The Burden and the Glory: The hopes and purposes of President Kennedy's second and third years in office as revealed in his public statements and addresses
by President John F. Kennedy
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Inverness, Highland, United Kingdom
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About This Item
The Burden and the Glory, President John F. Kennedy - Edited by Allan Nevins, with a Special Foreword by President Lyndon B. Johnson - The hopes and purposes of President Kennedy's second and third years in office as revealed in his public statements and addresses.
Hardcover, 1964, first edition, published by Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, 293 pages + xx.
Measures around 8 5/8" by 5 7/8" by 1 1/8". Dust jacket is a bit torn, tattered and chipped with scuffing and marking. Also appears to be price clipped - both flaps appear to have been cut at angles. Black cloth binding with gilt lettering to spine and facsimile signature of JFK to front board, reasonably clean though with a little discolouration to signs of shelf-wear to board edges and spine. Bumped corners. Binding firm. Page edges tanned and a bit scuffed and marked. Outer page edges deckled. Page surfaces clean, with no marginalia, underlining, etc. See pictures for further information.
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Details
- Bookseller
- GN Books and Prints
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- #BIBLIO-108
- Title
- The Burden and the Glory
- Author
- President John F. Kennedy
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Harper & Row, Publishers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Pages
- 293 + xx
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- JFK; President John Fitzgerald Kennedy; Politics; US; History; Society
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
GN Books and Prints
Biblio member since 2022
Inverness, Highland
About GN Books and Prints
Seller based in the Scottish Highlands, dealing in a variety of books, including antiquarian, vintage and modern.
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