Embassy Row: The Life & Times of Diplomatic Washington
Hope Ridings Miller
ISBN 10: 0030684307 ISBN 13: 9780030684302
Published by Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969
Used
Hardcover
From
ThriftBooksVintage, Tukwila, WA, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since December 12, 2003
This specific item is no longer available.
About this Item
Description:
Dust jacket in good condition. First edition. SIGNED and inscribed by the author. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. The authorā s inscription is found on the half title page. The dust jacket is housed in protective mylar for preservation. The binding suffers moderate loosening due to age and wear, but remains secure and in-tact; the pages are clean and unmarked. Secure packaging for safe delivery. 1.15. Seller Inventory # 1235490813
Synopsis:
Aimable, anecdotal history and gossip about Presidents, parties, embassies and ambassadors, from the days of John Adams, with only four foreign missions nudging the seat of government, to the near one-hundred establishments of today. The delicate, demanding game of protocol, which Jefferson was apt to destroy with a flip of a carpet slipper, requires an enormous crew attached to the State Department and some of the more spectacular trials are outlined here from the agonies of an unmerry Ambassador Merry during the Republic years, to LBJ's famous lengthy stay at Mme. Nehru's dinner. Details of planning, parties, ceremonial arrivals, extravagant entertainment, chatty chronologies of personalities, and doings at the Russian, British and French embassies in war and peace, round out the guided tour for the awed onlooker.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Bibliographic Details
Title: Embassy Row: The Life & Times of Diplomatic ...
Publisher: Holt, Rinehart and Winston
Publication Date: 1969
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: Good
Signed: signed and inscribed by author
Edition: First Edition.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Embassy Row: The Life & Times of Diplomatic Washington
Published by
Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969
ISBN 10: 0030684307
ISBN 13: 9780030684302
Used
Hardcover
First Edition
Signed
Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. [Association Copy, inscribed by Hope Ridings Miller to Gwendolyn Cafritz on half title page.] Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Shelf wear. Spine sunned. Clean, unmarked pages. *Autographed by author.* Gwendolyn Cafritz was a leading Washington hostess. The widow of Morris Cafritz, a wealthy real estate entrepreneur, Mrs. Cafritz glittered on the capital's social scene in the 1950's and 1960's. As president of the Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation, she oversaw annual contributions of about $6 million to local community and arts organizations. Mrs. Cafritz combined wealth, effervescence and numerous contacts in business and government into a potent concoction of lavish entertainments that, in Washington, are as much a part of political life as sessions of Congress. Hope Ridings Miller observed life in the U.S. capital for more than 70 years as society editor of the Washington Post and a magazine editor and author. Signed. Seller Inventory # 2406180008
Quantity: 1 available