Christmas Under Three Flags: Being Memories of Holiday Festivities in the White House with "Old Hickory," in the Palace of H.R.H. Prince of Prussia, Afterwards Emperor William I., and at the Alamo with the Alcalde's Daughter (First Edition)
by Wilcox, Mary Emily Donelson
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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WILLIAMSBURG, Kentucky, United States
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About This Item
Washington, D.C.: The Neale Company, 1900. Hardcover. Good.
Washington, D.C.: The Neale Company, 1900.
FIRST EDITION.
Original cloth.
95 pages.
Illustrated.
Good. Hinges a bit cracked else tight binding; pages pretty clean; some wear to covers.
Emily Donelson's memoirs of being a Christmas guest in her Uncle [and President] Andrew Jackson's white house in 1835, Christmas in Prussia at the Prince's Palace, and a Christmas story of the Alamo in Texas. VERY SCARCE.
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- Bookseller
- LaCelle Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 15296
- Title
- Christmas Under Three Flags: Being Memories of Holiday Festivities in the White House with "Old Hickory," in the Palace of H.R.H. Prince of Prussia, Afterwards Emperor William I., and at the Alamo with the Alcalde's Daughter (First Edition)
- Author
- Wilcox, Mary Emily Donelson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Washington, D.C.: The Neale Company
- Date Published
- 1900
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- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Cloth
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- First Edition
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.