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The Education Of Henry Adams.
by ADAMS, HENRY
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
Pennsylvania; The Franklin Library; 1981.. Limited Edition; Med. 8vo; pp. xx, 535; silk moire endpapers, illustrated with numerous portraits of author's family, of his friends, and of leading figures of the day, bound in original full maroon decorated leather, raised bands, title lettered in gilt on spine, gilt stamped decoration to spine and boards, original silk page marker, all edges gilt, fine copy. Limited Edition published by The Franklin Library exclusively for subscribers to The Greatest Books of the Twentieth Century.
Synopsis
The Education of Henry Adams is the autobiography of the Bostonian Henry Adams. As he approached his seventieth birthday when "the mind wakes to find itself looking blankly into the void of death," Adams wrote and privately printed 100 copies of his "Education", a reflection on the incredible events of the 19th century. Adams meditates on his sense of disorientation with the scientific and technological expansion over his lifetime. After his death the book was commercially published, going on to become a best-seller and to win the Pulitzer Prize.
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- Time Booksellers
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- Title
- The Education Of Henry Adams.
- Author
- ADAMS, HENRY
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania; The Franklin Library; 1981.
- Keywords
- american literature biography autobiography private press fine binding
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