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A Diminished President: FDR in 1944
by Wills, Matthew B
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1571973478
- ISBN 13
- 9781571973474
- Seller
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Omaha,, Nebraska, United States
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About This Item
Raleigh: Ivy House Publishing Group, 2003. First Edition (NAP). . Full Cloth. Near Fine/Near Fine. Photographs. Bound in full black cloth with spine titles stamped in gilt. No additional printings. Inscribed and signed by the author on the title page, otherwise unmarked. An examination of President Roosevelt's last year in office and how his health problems affected his decisions. Book and jacket bumped at the heel, otherwise fine. A clean, tight copy with the jacket now in mylar. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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- Friendly Used Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 125606
- Title
- A Diminished President: FDR in 1944
- Author
- Wills, Matthew B
- Illustrator
- Photographs
- Format/Binding
- Full Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition (NAP).
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1571973478
- ISBN 13
- 9781571973474
- Publisher
- Ivy House Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- Raleigh
- Date Published
- 2003
- Keywords
- PRESIDENTS ELECTIONS 1944 HEALTH DECISIONS FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History; biography;
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Inscribed
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- Tight
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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