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Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department
by Acheson, Dean
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 039307448X
- ISBN 13
- 9780393074482
- Seller
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Media, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
New York: W. W. Norton & Co., Inc., 1969. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Hardcover/ DJ (price-clipped), VG/ Good condition. Stated First Edition, 1st printing per no. line; book has 9 digit SBN (not ISBN). 798 pages, 9.5 x 6.5"" x 1.75"", b/w author photo on back. DJ is Good to VG; bit of light rubbing & soil, edge wear incl. sm. closed tears, 1"" triangular chip at bottom of back panel (chip included- wrapped in paper), old & light flattened vertical crease on front panel near spine, light toning to spine panel. DJ still displays well. Book is VG to Near Fine. Turquoise cloth binding w/ stamped author facsimile signature on front is tight, bright, clean & square; 1/4"" x 1/2"" light partial bump at top of front cover at spine (v. minor- almost missed it). NO frays, scuffs, sun, etc. All gold spine lettering crisp & intact. Text is tight, clean & unmarked. NO hinge splits, owner names, etc.; NOT ex library. Handsome copy.
Synopsis
The author relates his experiences in the State Department during a period that witnessed World War II, European reconstruction, the Korean War and McCarthyism
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- Bookseller
- EDM Book Loft
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 234
- Title
- Present at the Creation: My Years in the State Department
- Author
- Acheson, Dean
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 039307448X
- ISBN 13
- 9780393074482
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Co., Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1969
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- VG
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- Rubbing
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- Facsimile
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- Fine
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- Spine
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- First Edition
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- Hinge
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