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Eminent Domain; The Louisiana Purchase and the Making of America
by John Keats
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: Charterhouse, 1973 Charterhouse, New York. 1973. Hardcover. First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light shelfwear to bottom edges; two small indentations to top of boards; small area of sunbleaching to head. DJ: Very Good in lamination; NOT Price Clipped ($9.95); light rubbing and some wrinkles to applied laminate cover. Green cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. Maps as endpapers; tinted textblock top. 389 pp 8vo. The purchase of the Louisiana Territory in 1803 from France led to the unfurling of the continent. The purchase came from Napoleon's hatred of the British and Jefferson's desire to have access to the Mississippi River. Sight unseen, Jefferson made the deal that doubled the size of the US and gave it the potential for greatness. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 011470
- Title
- Eminent Domain; The Louisiana Purchase and the Making of America
- Author
- John Keats
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Charterhouse
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1973
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Louisiana Purchase, Thomas Jefferson, Napoleon Bonaparte, France, Britain, manifest destiny, eminent domain, Mississippi River, Indian tribes, mineral wealth, raw material, forests, lumber products, westward expansion, War of 1812, Lewis and Clark, Meriwe
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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