Morning and Noon (INSCRIBED & SIGNED)
by Dean Acheson
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Very Good/Good
- Seller
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Hendersonville, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company , 1965. Hardcover. Near Very Good/Good. Photographs. Inscribed and Signed by Author. Dean Acheson, former Secretary of State and President Truman's main foreign policy advisor, shares his early youth and career. Born in Middletown, Connecticut, he continued through Law School, clerked for Justice Brandeis and lived in Washington DC. He entered private practice before acting as Under Secretary of the Treasury and later as Secretary of State. A warm, modest and charming account. xiii, Introduction, Notes, Index, Photographs, 288 pp. <br><br>CONDITION: Hardbound yellow boards entitled on cover and spine. Warm inscription on front fly leaf opposite a painting by Sargent glued to pastedown. Deckled fore edge; sound binding. Pictorial dust jacket has tears, chips and rubbing. Front jacket torn from spine. Text free of writing. Full refund if not satisfied.
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- Bookseller
- Shelley and Son Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 073756
- Title
- Morning and Noon (INSCRIBED & SIGNED)
- Author
- Dean Acheson
- Illustrator
- Photographs
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton, Mifflin and Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1965
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Memoir; Biography; Dean Acheson; Secretary of State; Cold War US; Washington DC
Terms of Sale
Shelley and Son Books
I offer a full refund if not satisfied as long as the book is returned in the same condition as sent.
About the Seller
Shelley and Son Books
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Hendersonville, North Carolina
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