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Personal Memoirs (inscribed by Biddle)
by Nicholas Biddle
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine/good
- Seller
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Bordentown, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Lititz, PA: Privately Printed, 1975. Hardcover. Fine/good. Presumed first edition. Inscribed, signed and dated by Nicholas Biddle on the front free endpaper. Hardcover in olive green cloth with spine lettered in gilt. xii+ 353 pp. Illustrated with photographs. Fine in rather tattered dust jacket with some closed tears and wear to the extremities. Autobiography of Brigadier General Nicholas Biddle whose family lived in the Philadephia area for over 300 years. His military career spanned two world wars and he served for 34 years on the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- E23628
- Title
- Personal Memoirs (inscribed by Biddle)
- Author
- Nicholas Biddle
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Privately Printed
- Place of Publication
- Lititz, PA
- Date Published
- 1975
- Keywords
- philadelphia, pennsylvania, soldiers, generals, autobiography
Terms of Sale
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
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About the Seller
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
Biblio member since 2005
Bordentown, New Jersey
About The Old Book Shop of Bordentown (ABNJ)
The Old Book Shop of Bordentown is a general used/rare bookshop open to the public Tues.-Sunday 11AM to 5PM (8 PM on Fridays). 10,000 books on premises with another 25,000 in stock. Areas of speciality include baseball, New Jersey, American literature, mysteries. Member, ABAA, ILAB,Antiquarian Booksellers of New Jersey. Located in historic Bordentown City, New Jeresy (est. 1682).
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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