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The Men Who Made the Nation: The Architects of the Young Republic 1782-1802
by John Dos Passos
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1957 Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY. c1957. Hardcover. Edition not stated. This is the Ninth Volume Published in The Mainstream of America Series. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a gift bookplate on the FFFP. Book Condition: Very Good; bumping to head, tail, and lower tips; slightly suntanned spine; slight glue reaction to peripheral edges of boards. DJ: Good: Price Clipped; slight sunbleaching to spine; chipping and missing small pieces at head, tail, and tips. Gray cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering on the spine in a red shadowbox; gilt letter and decoration on the front board. Pictorial Mainstream endpapers. 469 pp 8vo. For this history, the author returns to the American colonial period and early nationhood, exploring the personalities who won the nation’s independence from England: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Adams, and George Washington. This book covers the period from 1781 to Hamilton’s death in 1804. The work crystallizes the author’s fascination with the psychology of the colonial freedom fighter and presents lessons for current American policymakers. The author skillfully has interwoven the history of the critical years of the nation with the stories of the men who shaped the times. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012735
- Title
- The Men Who Made the Nation: The Architects of the Young Republic 1782-1802
- Author
- John Dos Passos
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Doubleday & Company
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1957
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- American Revolution, founding fathers, American history, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, James Madison, James Monroe, XYZ Papers, France, Peace Treaty, England, John Dos Passos
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies; Americana;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Jacket
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- Edges
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
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