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The Men Who Made the Nation: The Architects of the Young Republic 1782-1802
de John Dos Passos
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- Estado
- Very Good/Good
- Librería
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Precio
EUR 18.79EUR 13.15
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Sobre este artículo
Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, 1957 Doubleday & Company, Garden City, NY. c1957. Hardcover. Edition not stated. This is the Ninth Volume Published in The Mainstream of America Series. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a gift bookplate on the FFFP. Book Condition: Very Good; bumping to head, tail, and lower tips; slightly suntanned spine; slight glue reaction to peripheral edges of boards. DJ: Good: Price Clipped; slight sunbleaching to spine; chipping and missing small pieces at head, tail, and tips. Gray cloth boards and spine with gilt lettering on the spine in a red shadowbox; gilt letter and decoration on the front board. Pictorial Mainstream endpapers. 469 pp 8vo. For this history, the author returns to the American colonial period and early nationhood, exploring the personalities who won the nation’s independence from England: Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Adams, and George Washington. This book covers the period from 1781 to Hamilton’s death in 1804. The work crystallizes the author’s fascination with the psychology of the colonial freedom fighter and presents lessons for current American policymakers. The author skillfully has interwoven the history of the critical years of the nation with the stories of the men who shaped the times. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 012735
- Título
- The Men Who Made the Nation: The Architects of the Young Republic 1782-1802
- Autor
- John Dos Passos
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Editorial
- Doubleday & Company
- Lugar de publicación
- Garden City, NY
- Fecha de publicación
- 1957
- Tamaño
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- American Revolution, founding fathers, American history, George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Alexander Hamilton, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, James Madison, James Monroe, XYZ Papers, France, Peace Treaty, England, John Dos Passos
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Biographies; Americana;
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
