John Adams: TWO VOLUME SET: Volume I: 1735-1784 & Volume II: 1784-1826 [VINTAGE 1962]

Smith, Page, M.A., Ph.D.

Verlag: Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, 1962

Fine condition (both Volume I and Volume II) light green cloth boards with gold front cover and spine lettering; the spine lettering is contained within a rectangular red and gold border design. The dust jacket spines of both volumes has light sun-darkening and lightly rubbed spine edges. The upper jacket spine of Volume II has a 1/2 inch chip. Both jackets are otherwise in fine condition. The color illustrated slipcase is in fine condition, solid, with some scattered rubbing to the color painting of John Adams by Mather Brown. Stated "First Edition" on copyright page of Volume I and "Book of the Month Club Selection" stated on the inside of the front jacket flap. Stated "First Edition also on the copyright page of Volume II and the "Book of the Month Club Selection" stated on the inside of the front jacket flap. 599 pages in Volume I and 571 pages in Volume II. Volume I includes a rear section of Notes and Volume II includes rear sections of Notes and an Index. All pages in both volumes are in very fine condition and the spines in both volumes are exceedingly tight and square, as if never read. Winner of the Kenneth Roberts Memorial Award. "This is the first biography of John Adams to be written since the great treasury of his papers and letters became available to scholars. Adams was one of the saltiest and most perceptive diarists and letter writers in our history, and these volumes illuminate the character of a man who was, even in his lifetime, a symbol of New England and America. The Massachusetts lawyer and farmer who became the secnd President of the United States was one of the most remarkable men of a rmmarkable generation - a revolutionary statesman, a diplomat, and a political theorist of wide range and profound insight. Mr. Smith tells the story of Adams' idyllic marriage to Abigail Smith of Weymouth and of his often stormy relationships with his great contemporaries, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, and Hamilton. Page Smith is a graduat of Dartmouth and holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Harvard. A member of the Council of the institute of Early American History and Culture of Williamsburg, Virginia, he lives in Santa Monica, California, and is Professor of History at the University of California at Los Angeles." - from the rear slipcase pastedown. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000259

Bibliografische Details

Titel: John Adams: TWO VOLUME SET: Volume I: 1735-...
Verlag: Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York
Erscheinungsdatum: 1962
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Fine
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine