Author: DRURY, ALLEN
Title: Advise and Consent (Franklin Library Signed Limited Edition Series)
Description: Franklin Center, Pennsylvania: The Franklin Library, 1977. Leather. A deluxe, signed Franklin Library edition presenting Allen Drury's 1959 novel which is set in Washington, D.C. amidst political intrigue. The novel was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1960. With illustrations by Walt Spitzmiller. Boldly signed by Mr. Drury on a front flyleaf. An entry in the publisher's Signed Limited Editions series. Publisher's "Notes from the Editors" booklet about this work is included. --- Bound in full tan bonded leather covers with four raised bands on spine. Titling, elaborate floral decorations to covers and spine, and textblock edges (AEG) all in bright gilt. Interior leaves printed on high-quality papers. Tan silk moire endpapers, with matching sewn-in satin ribbon placemarker. Volume lacks a dust jacket (as issued). --- A clean, tightly-bound, newish copy but with minor scratching to gilding at textblock edges; otherwise lacking damages. (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; (14), 714 pages; Signed by Author. Near Fine with no dust jacket .

Keywords: >>Classic Fiction, Literature >>Pulitzer, Nobel, Booker, Nat Book Award Prize >>Fine Bindings >>Politics