Families from Adams, Astor and Lee to Beecher, Barrymore and Roosevelt - SIGNED
by Schriftgiesser, Karl
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Hollis Center, Maine, United States
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About This Item
NY: Howell, Soskin and Co., Inc., 1940 Book. Very Good. Hardcover. INSCRIBED & SIGNED BY AUTHOR. First Edition. RARE!!! A "Story of great individuals, fantastic figures and personal drama, as well as a sociological study of the rise and fall of a number of families which within a democracy,have made their own aristocracy". Families included are the Adams, Beechers, James, Lees, Drews, Barrymores, Astors, Vanderbilts, Guggenheims, Du Ponts, Rockefellers and Roosevelts. Dust jacket has moderate chipping and yellowing of spine..
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- Bookseller
- UHR Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005150
- Title
- Families from Adams, Astor and Lee to Beecher, Barrymore and Roosevelt - SIGNED
- Author
- Schriftgiesser, Karl
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Howell, Soskin and Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- NY
- Date Published
- 1940
- Keywords
- Roosevelt, Astor, Vanderbilt, Beecher, Lee, duPont, Barrymore, American Aristocracy, American Nobility, American History, US History, Statesmen, Guggenheims
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UHR Books
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Hollis Center, Maine
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A large collection of about 45,000 books, one third of which are in the medical area.
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