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Beveridge and the Progressive Era
by Bowers, Claude G
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/No Jacket
- Seller
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Newton, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge: Houghton Mifflin, 1932. Unique copy of this book, ex-library book from Christian Science Publishing Society with gift plate on inside cover from Willis J. Abbot. Included with book is a signed letter from author Claude G. Bowers to Willis J. Abbot thanking Mr. Abbot for his favorable review of this book in the Christian Science Monitor. The letter is typewritten, contains some mistakes, is dated Sept. 28, 1932 and signed in ink. The letter was originally folded several times and is presently stored folded in half. The book does have the usual library markings and stamps, including marking on the spine, and pockets. There is some wear to covers including bumping and there is a separation of the fep at spine of inside front cover. There is some tanning to blank endpapers, but little tanning to pages. 610 pages including index, with illustrations, black and white plates. Contents include: Boyhood, DePauw Days, At the Bar, Springtime in Indianapolis, Prophet of Imperialism; The Triumph of Youth, Imperialism; In the Philippines, Peak and Abyss, Fighting for Imperialism; An Imperialist in Russia; Personality and Friendships; Drama and Melodrama; Rooseveltian Days, Insurgency and Revolution; War and Politics; The Ivory Tower. For more information about Willis J. Abbot: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_J._Abbot and Claude G. Bowers: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Bowers Thanks for shopping with us. 100% of your purchase benefits charity and supports literacy and life-long learning.. Signed by Author. First. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Ex-Library.
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Details
- Seller
- Charity Bookstall
(US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 000786
- Title
- Beveridge and the Progressive Era
- Author
- Bowers, Claude G
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- First
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge
- Date Published
- 1932
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- autographed; signed; Signed letter; Ephemera
- Bookseller catalogs
- Politics; Biography; Signed; Antiquarian;
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