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The Idea of a Party System: The Rise of Legitimate Opposition in the United States, 1780-1840
by Hofstadter, Richard
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- Very Good
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good+
- Seller
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Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Berkeley and Los Angeles: The University of California Press, 1969. First Edition. Very Good/Very Good+. First edition. Signed by Richard Hofstadter on front free endpaper and dated March 9, 1970. Additional lines written above and beneath inscription in a different hand with a later regifting to another person, former owner's stamp also on front free endpaper. xiii, [5], 280 pp. Publisher's navy cloth with gilt spine lettering. Very Good with underlining and marginal bracketing to first chapter in light, easily erasable pencil. In price-clipped dust jacket, else Near Fine. A political history by the two-time Pulitzer-winning historian and public intellectual, signed about seven months before his death of leukemia.
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- Bookseller
- Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 140939863
- Title
- The Idea of a Party System: The Rise of Legitimate Opposition in the United States, 1780-1840
- Author
- Hofstadter, Richard
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- The University of California Press
- Place of Publication
- Berkeley and Los Angeles
- Date Published
- 1969
- Keywords
- signed, sociology, history, politics, conspiracy theory, liberal, Pulitzer Prize
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2010
Portland, Oregon
About Burnside Rare Books, ABAA
Burnside Rare Books specializes in literary first editions and works of cultural and historic significance. We are located in Portland, Oregon and welcome visitors by appointment.
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