Author: Seale, William,
Title: The President's House: a history.
Description: Washington, D.C., White House Hist. Assn., 1986. 2nd ptg. VG boxed set 2 volumes. Forest green binding, gilt outline of front door of White House on front cover, gilt lettering on spine. A beautiful set. The author states, in these two volumes I have completed a history of the interaction between the building and the people associated with it, beginning with Pierre Charles L'Enfant who would have built a presidential palace, and shows how George Washington finally had to wrest himself free this dreamer and place the project in the hands of a practical builder. Gilt quality with paste down pictorial of White House on front of slipcase. An unforgettable account from its origins through to the George W. Bush years.

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