An Honorable Profession": A Tribute to Robert F. Kennedy
by Salinger, Pierre; Guthman, Edwin; Mankiewicz, Frank; Seigenthaler, John [eds]
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good+ in Very Good Slipcase
- Seller
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Portland, Maine, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, NY: Doubleday and Company, Inc, 1968. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good+ in Very Good Slipcase. First Edition. Hardcover. A collection of materials to commemorate the death of Robert F. Kennedy. Contains eulogies by Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, John Glenn, Sen. Jacob Javits, Ambassador Arthur J. Golderg, and many others. It also collections tributes from Norman Cousins, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., Art Buchwald, and others. Noted sunning notwithstanding, a very nice copy. Spine sunned, else tight, bright, and unmarred; slipcase shows light shelf/edge wear, else tight and clean. Black cloth boards, silver gilt lettering, black endpapers; black paper slipcase with paper onlay label. 8vo. 192pp. Illus.
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- Bookseller
- Lux Mentis, Booksellers
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10770
- Title
- An Honorable Profession": A Tribute to Robert F. Kennedy
- Author
- Salinger, Pierre; Guthman, Edwin; Mankiewicz, Frank; Seigenthaler, John [eds]
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ in Very Good Slipcase
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday and Company, Inc
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, NY
- Date Published
- 1968
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About the Seller
Lux Mentis, Booksellers
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Portland, Maine
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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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Good+
- A term used to denote a condition a slight grade better than Good.
- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
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