Politics in America
by Brogan, D. W.; Gorey, Edward (Typographer); Rombola, John (Illustrator)
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- Very Good
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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La Mesa, California, United States
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About This Item
Garden City, New York: Doubleday Anchor, 1960. First Mass Market Paperback Edition . Mass Market Paperback. Very Good. Gorey, Edward; Rombola, John. A Scotsman traces the history of American politics from the days of Jefferson through the contemporary (Eisenhower) administration. Orig. published in 1954, this is the First Mass Market Paperback edition from 1960, and another Anchor paperback (A198) for the Gorey completist, though he did just the typography here; cover art by John Rombola. In 514 pages. Condition is VG: very clean with a stain on one page, slight darkening to exterior page edges. One page has 1 sentence underlined in pen & former owner's name in pen on first page. The chapter on "The President & Congress" is about half underlined, but in pencil, so easily erasable. Else, completely clean with very mild edgewear & lightly bumped corners, just the shadow of light creasing to spine. Protected in new clear mylar bag free! bright & clean & Brand New (unopened) as when it came from the publisher! Pages show whisper of tanning to edges, but unmarked. A hint of toning to back cover; nicely protected in new mylar collector bag FREE! Our photos depict the Exact book you will receive, never "stock" images of books we don't actually have! Same day shipping on all orders received by 2 pm Weekdays (Pacific time); later orders, weekends & holidays ship very next business day.
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- Bookseller
- Gargoyle Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 023256
- Title
- Politics in America
- Author
- Brogan, D. W.; Gorey, Edward (Typographer); Rombola, John (Illustrator)
- Illustrator
- Gorey, Edward; Rombola, John
- Format/Binding
- Mass Market Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Mass Market Paperback Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Doubleday Anchor
- Place of Publication
- Garden City, New York
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- politics states federal state government separation of powers democracy voting EDWARD GOREY political conventions presidents
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Politics/Policy/Presidents/Political Science/International Relations; Illustrated Books/Illustrators / Edward Gorey;
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