Advise and Consent
by Drury, Allen
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- Fine
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine
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Cleveland, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Full brown leather, hubbed spine, tooled gilt decoration to spine and boards, moire silk endpapers and pagemarker, all edges gilt, (9.5 x 7 inches). 714 pages; illustrations by Walt Spitzmiller. A limited edition, privately printed and individually SIGNED by the author (Allen Drury) on second free endpage protected by tissue-guard. "Advise and Consent" was Drury's first novel for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1960. An exceptionally clean, tight (unread) copy in collector FINE condition. Signed. Limited Edition. Leather. Fine. Illus. by Walt Spitzmiller. Thick Octavo.
Synopsis
Advise and Consent is a 1959 political novel written by Allen Drury which explores the reactions of those in and around the United States Senate to the controversial nomination of Robert Leffingwell, a former Communist Party member, to be United States Secretary of State. The novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1960, and was followed by A Shade of Difference in 1962 and four subsequent sequels.
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- Bookseller
- Books & Bidders, Antiquarian Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 005959
- Title
- Advise and Consent
- Author
- Drury, Allen
- Illustrator
- Walt Spitzmiller
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1977
- Size
- Thick Octavo
- Keywords
- Signed Franklin Library Series; Political Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Leather Bound Books;
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- Gilt
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- Fine
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- Tight
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