Three Kids in a Cart; A Visit to IKE and Other Diversions
by Allen Drury
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
Item Price
NZ$19.89NZ$13.92
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About This Item
New York, NY: Doubleday and Company, 1965 Doubleday and Company, New York. 1965. Hardcover. Stated First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light wear to tips, head, and tail. DJ: Good+; NOT Price Clipped ($4.95); chipping at head and tail; suntanning to spine; light wear to tip covers. Black cloth boards and spine with bright silver lettering on the spine. 297 pp 8vo. The author observed and commented through editorials on the events in the decade following WWII. This book contains the heart of his commentary for that period showing his concern for the complacency and reluctance for Americans to face up to pressing problems. This collection presents history in emotional and intellectual perspective. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 006520
- Title
- Three Kids in a Cart; A Visit to IKE and Other Diversions
- Author
- Allen Drury
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Doubleday and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1965
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Korean War, Douglas MacArthur, Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, American History, McCarthyism, 1950s, Robert Taft, Thomas Dewey, Joe McCarthy,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Memoirs; Autobiography;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or in the unfortunate event, damaged. All books are packed and wrapped with care to avoid shifting during shipment and edge/tip strikes during the mailing process.
About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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- Jacket
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- Tail
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- First Edition
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- Spine
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- Tight
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- Brodart
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- Cloth
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Price Clipped
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