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American Caesar. : Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964
by Manchester, William
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Excelsior, Minnesota, United States
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About This Item
First edition, very good book in very good dust jacket. Signed by the author on the title page. Black cloth covered boards with blind-stamped laurel wreath and facsimile of author's signature in gilt on the front board panel; silver gilt lettering with gilt laurel wreath on spine. 793 numbered pages. Eight pages of maps and many b&w photos. Chronology listed on red end-papers. Boards and spine are scuffed in general. Outermost extremities are sunned, more so at head and tail of board spine. Internally clean. Text block is slightly shaken. Shelf-wear scuffs on jacket. Front inside flap has price clip of 3 1/8" by 1 1/8". Please use close-up options for best inspection and in support of condition descriptions. Additonal photos available at your request.
Synopsis
American Caesar: Douglas MacArthur, 1880-1964 is a 1978 biography of General of the Army Douglas MacArthur by American historian William Manchester. It was made into a documentary series in 1983 hosted by John Huston. Manchester paints a sympathetic but balanced portrait of MacArthur, praising the general for his military genius, administrative skill, and personal bravery, while criticizing his vanity, paranoia, and tendency toward insubordination.
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- Bookseller
- Bliss Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- B230005
- Title
- American Caesar.
- Author
- Manchester, William
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1978
- Pages
- 793
- Size
- Sm4to
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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- 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
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- Sunned
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- Title Page
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- Jacket
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- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Facsimile
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- 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...
- Shaken
- A hardcover in which the text block is loose, but still attached to the binding.
- Cloth
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