Advise and Consent
by Drury, Allen
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket as issued
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Book. Illus. by Spitzmiller, Walt. Near Fine. Full-Leather. Signed by Author(s). Collector's Edition. Large Thick Octavo. 714 pp, signed by author on tissue protected ffep, special message from the author, Major characters, a novel in five sections. 6.6" x 9.3" brown leather boards, gilt spine letters, gilt design all around, gilt text-block. 6.6" x 9.4" x 2.1" thick. Clean, tight unmarked. spine leather sun-faded slightly .
Synopsis
Advise and Consent is a 1959 political novel written by Allen Drury which explores the reactions of those in and around the United States Senate to the controversial nomination of Robert Leffingwell, a former Communist Party member, to be United States Secretary of State. The novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1960, and was followed by A Shade of Difference in 1962 and four subsequent sequels.
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008744
- Title
- Advise and Consent
- Author
- Drury, Allen
- Illustrator
- Spitzmiller, Walt
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as issued
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- Large Thick Octavo
- Keywords
- United States government - political fiction - U.S. Congress
- Bookseller catalogs
- LITERATURE; POLITICAL SCIENCE;
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About the Seller
West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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Ann Arbor, Michigan
About West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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- Spine
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- FFEP
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- 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...
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