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War Within and Without: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1939-1944 (Franklin Library First Edition Society series)
by LINDBERGH, Anne Morrow
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine with no dust jacket
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About This Item
Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library. Near Fine with no dust jacket. 1980. First Edition. Leather. A deluxe Franklin Library first edition of a collection of diary entries and correspondence between Anne Morrow Lindbergh and family and friends during World War II. With a facsimile copy of a two-page letter and a section of black & white photos. With a special introductory note by the author and a drawn portrait of the author and her famous aviator husband Charles. Issued as part of the publisher's First Edition Society series which preceded the Harcourt Brace Jovanovich trade edition. One of an unspecified number in publisher's limited edition series. --- Bound in full burgundy bonded leather covers with four raised bands on spine. Text presented on quality papers. Spine titling, elaborate decorations to covers and spine, and textblock edges all in bright gilt. Burgundy silk moire endpapers, with matching sewn-in satin ribbon placemarker. Volume lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- A very nice copy: bright, newish and probably unread, but with a small area of whitish discoloration to lower edge of front cover. (NOTE: Due to the weight of this item, extra shipping charges may be requested for any shipment other than by USPS Media Mail in the US.) ; Octavo - 8 to 9 in. tall; (20), 454 pages .
Synopsis
An account of the Lindberghs' wartime years, but most significantly the story of a bond between two extraordinary people. Introduction by the Author; Index; photographs. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
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- Bookseller
- Bluebird Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 87105
- Title
- War Within and Without: Diaries and Letters of Anne Morrow Lindbergh, 1939-1944 (Franklin Library First Edition Society series)
- Author
- LINDBERGH, Anne Morrow
- Format/Binding
- Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine with no dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, Pennsylvania
- Date Published
- 1980
- Bookseller catalogs
- >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir;
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