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Thomas Jefferson: A Strange Case of Mistaken Identity
by [JEFFERSON] Mapp, Jr., Alf
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0819157821
- ISBN 13
- 9780819157829
- Seller
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Toms River, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Lanham, Maryland: Madison Books, 1987. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. First Edition as no additional printings are noted. Hard cover in very good condition with rust colored boards, deep maroon spine cloth, and copper gilt spine lettering. Front end papers contain ""Map of the United States of North America with the British, French and Spanish Dominions adjoining according to the Treaty of 1783."" Rear end papers contain ""A Map of the most inhabited part of Virginia, containing the whole Province of Maryland with part of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and North Carolina."" Frontispiece and jacket front panel contains portrait by Rembrandt Peale of Jefferson in 1800 when 57 years old. Interior text block clean & tight; no writings, no markings noted. Text block edges toned with light foxing to top text block. Contains 4 leaves/eight pages of glossy black & white photographs, the first of which has a 2 1/2"" closed tear at top, 1"" in from top corner; no loss of paper to the photos. 487 numbered pages. Dust jacket very good with shelf & edge wear, wrinkles to head & heel of spine, rubbing to fold lines and corners. * From the author: ""It is the major premise of this book that the story of Thomas Jefferson in American history is a strange case of mistaken identity resulting in part from willful misrepresentation but even more from the wishful thinking of both admirers and detractors."" The jacket continues, ""In those bold words historian Alf Mapp challenges many popular, and some scholarly, assumptions about one of America's favorite heroes....""
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- Bookseller
- Elk Creek Heritage Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- M001221
- Title
- Thomas Jefferson: A Strange Case of Mistaken Identity
- Author
- [JEFFERSON] Mapp, Jr., Alf
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0819157821
- ISBN 13
- 9780819157829
- Publisher
- Madison Books
- Place of Publication
- Lanham, Maryland
- Date Published
- 1987
- Keywords
- Biography, Thomas Jefferson - 1743-1826, presidents - United States - biography, United States
- Bookseller catalogs
- History of the Presidents of the United States; Biography;
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Elk Creek Heritage Books
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Toms River, New Jersey
About Elk Creek Heritage Books
Elk Creek Heritage Books opened for business in 2002 with both online selling and an open shop. We continue now as an online-only bookshop and maintain a growing inventory with new additions regularly uploaded. Our largest subject areas include History, Religion, Biography, and Fiction, however, we also carry books on many other subjects, in addition to our collection of rare and antiquarian books. Our goal is to provide you, our customer, with a completely satisfactory experience.
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