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J. L. M. Curry: A Biography
by Alderman, Edwin Anderson; Gordon, Armistead Churchill
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- fair
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fair
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Stone Mountain, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
New York: Macmillan, 1911. First Edition. Hardcover. Fair. Octavo. xx, [1], 468 pages, [1], [4] pages advertisements. Frontispiece photograph. Green cloth hardcover with gilt stamped title on spine. Gilt top edge. Light edge and shelf shelf wear to the cloth binding. Both hinges are broken with exposed webbing. The right front flyleaf and the half title page are detached. Pasted down on the right front flyleaf is an approximate 6" x 4" studio portrait photograph of J. L. M. Curry. The front paste down has a shadow the cabinet card and an inscribed card "Compliments of Mrs. Alice Connally". Inscription reads - "To Dr. Wm H. Hilliard." Interior contents clean.
Nevins II page 36 - "A complete, balanced study of the Alabama politician and Congressman; based on Curry's papers, including many of his letters.
Nevins II page 36 - "A complete, balanced study of the Alabama politician and Congressman; based on Curry's papers, including many of his letters.
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- Americana Books ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30202
- Title
- J. L. M. Curry: A Biography
- Author
- Alderman, Edwin Anderson; Gordon, Armistead Churchill
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Macmillan
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1911
- Keywords
- Alabama
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Stone Mountain, Georgia
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Americana Books in business since 1993 specializing in American History and Americana. Member ABAA ( Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America)
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