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Friends and Enemies; What I Learned in Russia
by Stevenson, Adlai E
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good/near fine
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Harper and Brothers, 1959. First Edition / Limited Edition. Hardcover. Very good/near fine. Signed limited edition of Friends and Enemies by Adlai E. Stevenson.. Octavo, xxiii, 102pp, black cloth, title printed on spine. Stated first edition on copyright page. Publishers dust jacket, fine condition, $2.95 retail price on front flap, bright illustrations and vibrant colors. An advance presentation copy, for "friends of the publisher and author." Signed by Mr. Adlai Stevenson on limitation page. An excellent copy. Mr. Stevenson was appointed Ambassador to the United Nations soon after publication of this book by President John F. Kennedy.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1818
- Title
- Friends and Enemies; What I Learned in Russia
- Author
- Stevenson, Adlai E
- Illustrator
- Signed limited edition of Friends and Enemies by Adlai E. Stevenson.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1959
- Keywords
- Man of Honor Man of Peace, What I think Adlai Stevenson, Speeches of Adlai Stevenson, The Papers of Adlai Stevenson, Conscience in Politics, The New America Stevenson, Looking Outward years of crisis Stevenson, profiles in courage Kennedy
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