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Thirteen Desperate Days
by Potter, John Mason
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
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Stanley, New York, United States
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About This Item
New York: Ivan Obolensky, Inc., 1964. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). Stated First printing.. Stated First Printing in original unclipped dust jacket, SIGNED by the author. The incredible story of the unsuccessful assassination attempt on the life of President-elect Abraham Lincoln in 1861. Clean red boards with black cloth spine, silver lettering on spine. Very light corner wear, no fraying. Binding is tight, hinges are sound, pages and edges are clean. Inscribed and signed by the author on front free endpaper: "To Harold Jansen with best regards, John Mason Potter." Foreword by Stefan Lorant. 200 pages with Bibliography. Clean jacket is not price clipped, has light surface rubbing, a few short closed edge tears and very shallow chipping at top spine edge; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover..
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- Bookseller
- Old Scrolls Book Shop - Biblio
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32884
- Title
- Thirteen Desperate Days
- Author
- Potter, John Mason
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- Stated First printing.
- Publisher
- Ivan Obolensky, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- AMERICAN HISTORY, ABRAHAM LINCOLN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT, JOHN MASON POTTER, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR
- Bookseller catalogs
- Political; SIGNED Editions;
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- Rubbing
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- Jacket
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Spine
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- Price Clipped
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- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- 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...
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