Carp's Washington is a book written by Frank G. Carpenter that offers a comprehensive and detailed view of the city of Washington D.C. The book covers a wide range of topics, including the history of the city, its architecture, politics, and culture. It provides readers with an in-depth look at the various landmarks and monuments that make Washington D.C. a unique and important city. The author draws upon his own experiences and observations to provide readers with a vivid and engaging portrait of the city. The book is an ...
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Carp's Washington is a book written by Frank G. Carpenter that offers a comprehensive and detailed view of the city of Washington D.C. The book covers a wide range of topics, including the history of the city, its architecture, politics, and culture. It provides readers with an in-depth look at the various landmarks and monuments that make Washington D.C. a unique and important city. The author draws upon his own experiences and observations to provide readers with a vivid and engaging portrait of the city. The book is an excellent resource for anyone interested in learning more about Washington D.C. and its significance in American history and culture.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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Good in Good jacket. C 1960 Good with DJ and other titles "Two Weeks In Another Town by Irwin Shaw, Merry Monarch by Hesketh Pearson & Sail A Crooked Ship by Nathaniel Benchley.
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Very Good in Good jacket. Book Hardcover, xv, 314 pp., unclipped jacket. Edited by Frances Carpenter with an Introduction by Cleveland Amory. "Carp's Washington is a delightful and charming picture of the national capitol in the [1880s]. Not only does it illuminate with a thousand human details a little-known period in our history but it proves the more Washington changes, the more it stays the same." Light shelf wear, unmarked, tight binding. Jacket has small chips at ends of spine and top edges.
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Edited by Frances Carpenter. Introduction by Cleveland Amory. 8vo. Red cloth spine with silver lettering and red paper over boards, pictorial dust jacket. xv, 314pp, (2pp). Near fine/very good. Faint jacket edgewear. A tight and lovely first edition of this (to cite front jacket panel) "spirited account of certain somewhat scandalous goings-on in the city of Presidents Arthur and Cleveland, with unrestrained comment on the curiosities, characters & cranks of Capitol Hill." Special front flyleaf bookplate "From Ralph Geoffrey Newman to the Civil War Round Table of Chicago."
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First edition. Arranged and edited by Frances Carpenter. Introduction by Cleveland Amory. xv, 314pp. Owner gift inscription on front fly, modest wear at the spine ends, near fine in a very good dust jacket with modest foxing, tiny nicks, and a couple small tears on the rear panel.
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Good. Good condition. Acceptable dust jacket. (Travel, Description, Politics, Government) A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.