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A Government As Good As Its People
by Carter, Jimmy
- Used
- Fine
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0671228153
- ISBN 13
- 9780671228156
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1977. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth. Fine/near fine. Signed first edition of A Government As Good As Its People by Jimmy Carter.. Octavo, 262pp. Maroon cloth, title in gilt on spine. First edition, first printing, with full number line on copyright page. In publisher's first edition dust jacket, near fine, short closed tear to front panel, retail price on front flap. Signed by President Jimmy Carter on the half title with a full signature. A scarce first edition in fine condition, with a fully Jimmy Carter signature. Published in 1977, A Government As Good as Its People details the speeches given by democratic presidential candidate Jimmy Carter, leading up to his election in 1976.
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- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1692
- Title
- A Government As Good As Its People
- Author
- Carter, Jimmy
- Illustrator
- Signed first edition of A Government As Good As Its People by Jimmy Carter.
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition, First Printing
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0671228153
- ISBN 13
- 9780671228156
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1977
- Keywords
- President Jimmy Carter, Plains Georgia, Peanut Farmer, Rosalynn Carter, Keeping Faith, An Hour Before Daylight, Palestine Peace Not Apartheid, Living Faith, The Hornet's Nest, Everything to Gain Making the Most of Life, White House Diary, Turning Poi
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- Gilt
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