This engaging history of the house that has served as home to U.S. presidents for more than two centuries revises and enlarges William Seale's 1986 classic account of the White House's architectural, social, and cultural history. Besides updating the original volumes, the new edition includes chapters on the presidencies of Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush. An epilogue covers the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush ...
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This engaging history of the house that has served as home to U.S. presidents for more than two centuries revises and enlarges William Seale's 1986 classic account of the White House's architectural, social, and cultural history. Besides updating the original volumes, the new edition includes chapters on the presidencies of Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush. An epilogue covers the Bill Clinton and George W. Bush years.The President's House is an unforgettable account of the White House from its origins during the nation's beginning to today, a continuing story of adapting and altering, yet always keeping close to the original image and purpose of the landmark.
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As New in As New jacket. Book. 4to-over 9¾-12" tall. Signed by Author(s) Books are tight with no markings in beautiful slipcase, authors signature and short inscription in volume 1 on title page, great copies.
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Very Good. Signed Copy First edition copy. Collectible-Very Good. SIGNED/INSCRIBED! Washington, D.C. : White House Historical Association with the cooperation of the National Geographic Society, 1986. Deluxe edition. 2 volumes. Sm 4to. x, 1224pp. Illus. Limited edition, #1221/1500. Inscribed by author on title page. Very Good book. Case Very Good. Calf leather binding. (presidents, dwellings history) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
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Book. Octavo, 1224 pages, VG, fully bound in beige leather, front covers have pictorial embossing, paneled spines have gilt lettering, pages have gilt along the edges of the text block; bindings have minimal wear along the top and bottom edges, both have minor scratch and abrasion marks, with the front cover of volume two having clear residue from a sticker; pages clear; each volume contains a white silk ribbon; silk endpapers; housed in publisher's slipcase; shelved above Holocaust Studies. 1313404. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.