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Portrait for Posterity
by Thomas, Benjamin P
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Southampton, New York, United States
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About This Item
Rutgers University Press, 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($3.00 price intact). Published by Rutgers University Press, 1947. Octavo. Signed and inscribed by author on flyleaf. Blue pictorial boards stamped in gold. Book is very good; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Black staining to top page ends and slight spine lean. Dust jacket is very good with tears to front panel, spine, and front flap. Book placed in custom acetate protector. An excellent copy of this biography of Abraham Lincoln with author's obituary newspaper clipping laid in. 329 pages. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!
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- Bookseller
- Southampton Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 100019
- Title
- Portrait for Posterity
- Author
- Thomas, Benjamin P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Date Published
- 1947
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Terms of Sale
Southampton Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Southampton Books
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Southampton, New York
About Southampton Books
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- Jacket
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- Spine
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- Octavo
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- New
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- First Edition
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