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First Family: Abigail and John Adams
by Ellis, Joseph J
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0307269620
- ISBN 13
- 9780307269621
- Seller
-
Portland, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
Knopf, 2010-10-26. First Edition. Hardcover. Good/Good. 6x1x9. Signed by Author. First printing inscribed by Ellis on the title page. The binding is tight, corners sharp. Light crushing to tail and fading to cloth along panel edges. Text is clean and unmarked. The dust jacket shows some isolated edge wear, spine sunned, in a mylar cover.
Synopsis
Joseph J. Ellis won the Pulitzer Prize for Founding Brothers. His portrait of Thomas Jefferson, American Sphinx , won the National Book Award. He is the Ford Foundation Professor of History at Mount Holyoke College in Massachusetts, where he lives with his wife and their youngest son.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Chaparral Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- CHAPellFF2
- Title
- First Family: Abigail and John Adams
- Author
- Ellis, Joseph J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0307269620
- ISBN 13
- 9780307269621
- Publisher
- Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2010-10-26
- Size
- 6x1x9
- X weight
- 22 oz
Terms of Sale
Chaparral Books
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About the Seller
Chaparral Books
Biblio member since 2015
Portland, Oregon
About Chaparral Books
Chaparral Books is located across from Elephant's Deli on S Corbett Avenue in Portland. We have a well rounded collection of subjects, including an extensive core collection in Western Americana and Native American Literature including Western Writers.
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