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December 7, 1941: America Goes to War: President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Messages to Congress; Declarations of War; The President's First Report of War; The First White Paper: Official Documents, Events, and Negotiations Leading to War, and a Background for Understanding How and Why We Went to War and What We Are Fighting For.
by Hitchens, Harold L. (ed)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued
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Palatine, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Chicago: Columbia Educational Books, Inc.. Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued. 1941. 1st Edition. First Printing. Hard Cover. Publisher's full blue cloth, black lettering on red panel on cover, gilt lettering and decoration on cover, photographs of Capital on endpapers, frontispiece portrait of FDR. Published within days of the attack on Pearl Harbor, this slim volume includes Roosevelt's messages to Congress and to Japan, background reports on the negotiations, the Congressional Resolutions regarding War with Japan, Germany, and Italy, Reports of the various enemies and allies, and related documents. A scarce, true first editiion.. Gilt on cover mildly faded, else as new; unmarked, tight, square, and clean. NEAR FINE. . Frontispiece Portrait, Maps. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 127 pp .
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- Round Table Books, LLC
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- 28606
- Title
- December 7, 1941: America Goes to War: President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Messages to Congress; Declarations of War; The President's First Report of War; The First White Paper: Official Documents, Events, and Negotiations Leading to War, and a Background for Understanding How and Why We Went to War and What We Are Fighting For.
- Author
- Hitchens, Harold L. (ed)
- Format/Binding
- Hard Cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with No dust jacket as issued
- Edition
- 1st Edition. First Printing
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Columbia Educational Books, Inc.
- Place of Publication
- Chicago
- Date Published
- 1941
- Keywords
- United States, Pearl Harbor, World War II, WW2, Military History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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- Jacket
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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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- Fine
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
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