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Burke's Presidential Families of the United States of America
by Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (Editor)
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0850110173
- ISBN 13
- 9780850110173
- Seller
-
Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Burke's Peerage Limited. Near Fine. 1975. First Special Limited. Leather. 0850110173 . Full navy blue crushed morocco leather cover. Five raised spine bands. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Binding by Bayntun (Riviere), Bath, England. Care instructions laid in. This is number 055 of 450 copies. Signed on limitation page by two officials of Burke's Peerage Ltd., including the general editor Hugh Montgomery-Massingberd. Includes detailed genealogy of all US Presidents from Washington to Ford. Heavily illustrated with portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies. Appendix includes Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederate States of America, and the Vice Presidents of the United States. No ownership or other marks. Cover is unworn other than light rubbing on bottom edge of spine and boards. . Binding sound and tight. No ownership or other marks. The spine is lightly sunned with the blue dye faded to green. The front board is lightly bowed. A near fine copy. ; Color frontis, B&W portraits; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 673 pages; Signed by Editor .
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Details
- Bookseller
- James F. Balsley, Bookseller
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16240
- Title
- Burke's Presidential Families of the United States of America
- Author
- Montgomery-Massingberd, Hugh (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Edition
- First Special Limited
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0850110173
- ISBN 13
- 9780850110173
- Publisher
- Burke's Peerage Limited
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- 0850110173
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography; American History;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
James F. Balsley, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2006
Williamsburg, Virginia
About James F. Balsley, Bookseller
My business is strictly on-line sales. I carry an inventory of about 2000 books. About half of these are modern fiction. Most of the rest are scholarly academic books concentrated in the areas of natural science, philosophy, history, and literature.
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- Gilt
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- Rubbing
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- Fine
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
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