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This America; Photographed by Ken Heyman
by Johnson, Lyndon B
- Used
- near fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/very good
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Ridge Press Book / Random House, 1966. First Edition. Cloth. Near fine/very good. Signed first edition of This America by President Lyndon B. Johnson, with a note from his daughter Lynda stating that this was "one of the last he signed.. Quarto, 169pp, [5]. Blue cloth, title stamped in silver. No additional printings noted. Text block clean, free of marks or notations. Publisher's dust jacket, retail price on front flap, closed tear to front panel, shallow chipping at spine, bright illustrations. Signed by President Lyndon Johnson on the front endpaper. Includes a laid in card from Lynda Bird Johnson Robb: "Dear Aliki and Bill, Daddy believed in the institution of marriage and I know he would enjoy sharing this book - one of the last he signed. As always, Lynda." This book is from the estate of William and Aliki Bryant, a Washington D.C. real estate developer and former member of the C.I.A. Both were active in the Washington DC social scene, until his passing in 2017.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14647
- Title
- This America; Photographed by Ken Heyman
- Author
- Johnson, Lyndon B
- Illustrator
- Signed first edition of This America by President Lyndon B. Johnson, with a note from his daughter Lynda stating that this was "
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Ridge Press Book / Random House
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1966
- Keywords
- first edition Vantage Point, first edition signed Lyndon B. Johnson, President Johnson, Kennedy assassination, A White House Diary, The Vantage Point Johnson, The Years of Lyndon Johnson, Master of the Senate, The Passage of Power, Lyndon Johnson and
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- 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....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
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