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Uncle Sam's Billion-Dollar Baby
by Collins, Frederick L.Collins
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Good/Poor
- Seller
-
Wilmington, Delaware, United States
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About This Item
New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1945. First Edition . Hardcover. Good/Poor. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 174pp. Blue cloth, blue spine lettering. Faint spotting to front board, slight tape remnant on rear pastedown, contents toned and clean. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY AUTHOR on front free endpaper. Unclipped dust jacket is soiled, chipped and missing several pieces.
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- Bookseller
- Old Bookshelf
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003525
- Title
- Uncle Sam's Billion-Dollar Baby
- Author
- Collins, Frederick L.Collins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- Poor
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G.P. Putnam's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1945
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- TVA "Tennessee Valley Authority
- Bookseller catalogs
- Economics; Government and Politics;
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About the Seller
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Wilmington, Delaware
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- First Edition
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- Cloth
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- Soiled
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- Jacket
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- G
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- Inscribed
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- Spine
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