Our Presidents or the Lives of the Twenty Three Presidents of the United States
by Virginia Townsend
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair/Fair
- Seller
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Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
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About This Item
Worthington Co; New York, 1889. Hardcover. Condition: fair. No Jacket. centennial edition dark. Grey binding with title label on spine. with wear and staining on covers and spine. Bumped spine Bumped and frayed corners on front and back covers. uneven and worn fore-edge. Gilded top edge still present. Foxing and staining present on front and back end-papers, free end-papers, fly-leaves, and on title page. Some pages and chapters throughout are pulling slightly from text block. 378 pages. Title page dated 1889. Listed as Centennial Edition. Includes steel engravings Overall, though the binding is slightly fragile, first owners bookplate on inside cover
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Details
- Bookseller
- The FW Collections (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- H72
- Title
- Our Presidents or the Lives of the Twenty Three Presidents of the United States
- Author
- Virginia Townsend
- Format/Binding
- Dark gray cloth binding, Loose binding, bumped edges, gilt lettering on spine and adges of pages
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Centennial Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Worthington Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1889
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- History;
- Size
- 6x9
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About the Seller
The FW Collections
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Lincoln, Nebraska
About The FW Collections
The FW Collections include a wide range of Vintage and Newer Books, Maps, Posters, Poetry, Magazines, Prints, Fine Art, Ephemera, Photographs, Paper from 50 years of collecting. Favorite topics: vintage midwest, visual arts, farming, politics, governance, cultural variations, WWII, and history, family life and vintage children's Books
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