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A Very Human President
by Jack Valenti (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0393055523
- ISBN 13
- 9780393055528
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
New York, NY: W.W. Norton and Company, 1976 W.W. Norton and Company, New York. 1976. Hardcover. 2nd Printing by Line Number. Flat signed by the author on the FFFP. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good; light shelfwear; insect damage (hole) through first three pages near spine tail. DJ: Very Good; NOT Price Clipped ($9.95); toning to peripheral edges of DJ; bumping to top and bottom edges of DJ. Charcoal gray cloth boards and spine with bright gilt lettering on the spine. 402 pp 8vo. This is a first-hand account of the LBJ presidency by the aide who knew him best. This is a story of how LBJ manages his White House, an inside account of his handling of the Congress, his sensitivity to the human ego, his irritation with the press, his appetite for facts and information, and his passion for knowing all that was going on in the government. A clean very presentable copy in a Brodart mylar jacket.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016378
- Title
- A Very Human President
- Author
- Jack Valenti (AUTHOR SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0393055523
- ISBN 13
- 9780393055528
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY
- Date Published
- 1976
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall
- Keywords
- LBJ, Lyndon Johnson, President Lyndon Johnson, Vietnam, Great Society, Biography, War on Poverty, Kennedy Assassination, CIA, Southeast Asia,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biographies;
Terms of Sale
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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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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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Price Clipped
- When a book is described as price-clipped, it indicates that the portion of the dust jacket flap that has the publisher's...
- Tail
- The heel of the spine.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Brodart
- Generally used to refer to a clear plastic cover that is sometimes added to the dustjacket or outside covering of a book. The...
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