The Challenges We Face: Edited and Compiled from the Speeches and Papers of Richard M. Nixon
by NIXON, Richard M
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1960. Hardcover. 8vo. Black cloth spine with gilt lettering and tan textured paper over boards, pictorial price-clipped dust jacket. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. A tight and nice first edition of Nixon's public utterances on a broad array of subjects -- with an interesting ephemera addition: Tipped to the front flyleaf is a fine 5" X 8" blank memo sheet from the Nixon era White House, with "The White House / Washington" in blue at the top.
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- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 38503
- Title
- The Challenges We Face: Edited and Compiled from the Speeches and Papers of Richard M. Nixon
- Author
- NIXON, Richard M
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- McGraw-Hill Book Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Presidential;
Terms of Sale
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts accepts most major credit cards and PayPal. Checks are welcome. Institutions will be accommodated as their procedures require. Every effort has been made to describe each book and any defects accurately. If an item proves unsatisfactory for any reason, it may be returned within seven days. We would appreciate a courtesy call if an item is being returned. Member ABAA, ILAB, MWABA, The Manuscript Society.
About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Biblio member since 2005
Galena, Illinois
About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts has been serving book lovers, collectors and institutions since 1991. Our inventory of quality out-of-print books spans 50 subjects, while the extensive autograph holdings have a decidedly historical bent, reflecting personages from every field of human endeavor.
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Tight
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Jacket
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