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The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge
by Coolidge, Calvin
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine
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About This Item
New York: Cosmopolitan Book Corporation, 1929. First Edition / Limited Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Signed limited edition of The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge.. Octavo, [10], 247pp. Blue cloth spine, gray boards, title in gilt on spine. Top edge gilt. Bookplate on front endpaper. Small blemish on spine, near gilt title. Internally fine, free of marks or notations. Lacking the publisher's slipcase. Complete with frontispiece and 11 full-page illustrations. (Martin / Goehlert 8030) From a limited edition of 1000 copies signed by President Calvin Coolidge, this being number 281. Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), the 30th President of the United States, wrote The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge, four years after he left the presidency. In his autobiography, Coolidge reflects on his New England upbringing, his service as a local official, his role as governor of Massachusetts, and his unexpected rise to the presidency following the death of Warren G. Harding.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 14733
- Title
- The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge
- Author
- Coolidge, Calvin
- Illustrator
- Signed limited edition of The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Cosmopolitan Book Corporation
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1929
- Keywords
- signed limited edition Calvin Coolidge, first edition Have Faith in Massachusetts, first edition Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge, limited edition Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge, first edition The Autobiography of Calvin Coolidge
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