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Hardcover, bound in genuine dark blue leather with real 22 kt gold decoration. Brand new in factory shrink wrap. 691 pages. A quality Easton Press production with all the refinements that go to make this a truly fine binding: bound in satin ribbon marker, all edges gilt, raised spine, 22kt gold stamping, smyth-sewn binding, silk moire end-papers, acid free archival paper and full genuine leather binding. Collector’s notes and blank bookplate laid in. Collector’s edition, printing date unknown as this title was issued by Easton Press in 1988 and again in 2003 in identical bindings. A well written and thoroughly researched biography of America’s 29th president of whom the great American historian Richard Hofstadter wrote – he was “a model of normal mediocrity.”. Russell does not demur but shows how “one of the most scrupulously honest politicians ever to have achieved the highest office in America” was undone by personal loyalty and friendship. A pristine, vintage copy in the original factory shrink-wrap. New.