Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 1999. First Edition. Hardcover. 0395822882 . A first printing of American economist John Kenneth Galbraith's reminiscences of time spent with notables, especially well-known American politicians. Includes a section of black & white photos. --- In plum paper-covered boards backed in blue cloth with gilt-stamped spine titling. Jacket features a collage of photos of the author and several of these notables to front panel. --- An excellent copy: clean, bright and newish. Unclipped dust jacket also like new, but with very slight rubbing.; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (10), 194 pages .

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Bookseller: Bluebird Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 84925
Title: Name-Dropping: From F. D. R. On
Author: GALBRAITH, John Kenneth
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine in Near Fine dust jacket
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0395822882
ISBN 13: 9780395822883
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
Place of Publication: Boston
Date Published: 1999
Keywords: 0395822882
Bookseller catalogs: >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir;

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