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Jefferson and his Time. Complete in six volumes. Jefferson the Virginian; Jefferson and the Rights of Man; Jefferson and the Ordeal of Liberty; Jefferson the President: First Term, 1801-1805 & Second Term, 1805-1809; Jefferson and His Time: The Sage of Monticello
by Dumas Malone
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good +/near fine
- Seller
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Gridley, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Little, Brown & Co., 1948-1981. Book of the Month Club Edition, First edition (Mixed set). Cloth. Very good +/near fine. This complete six volume set includes a first edition (1948) of the first book, The Sage of Monticello. The remainder of the set is from the Book of the Month club. All titles and dust jackets in very good plus condition. Octavo. Shipping based on actual cost for the set. Dumas Malone’s classic six-volume biography, Jefferson and His Time, was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in history and became the standard work on Thomas Jefferson’s life. From the private collection of noted attorney, sailor, and sometime cowboy, Joshua L. Soske Jr.
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- Seller
- Uncommon Works
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 1253
- Title
- Jefferson and his Time. Complete in six volumes. Jefferson the Virginian; Jefferson and the Rights of Man; Jefferson and the Ordeal of Liberty; Jefferson the President: First Term, 1801-1805 & Second Term, 1805-1809; Jefferson and His Time: The Sage of Monticello
- Author
- Dumas Malone
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book of the Month Club Edition, First edition (Mixed set)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Little, Brown & Co.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1948-1981
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Uncommon Works
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Gridley, California
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