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John Adams
by McCullough, David
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Near fine/near fine
- ISBN 10
- 0684813637
- ISBN 13
- 9780684813639
- Seller
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Cincinnati, Ohio, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon & Schuster, 2001. First Edition / First Printing. Hardcover. Near fine/near fine. Signed first edition of John Adams by David McCullough.. Octavo, 751pp. Brown paper hardcover, black cloth spine, title in gilt on spine. First edition, first printing, with full number line on copyright page. Illustrated endpapers. Light wear to heel of spine, internally clean. In publisher's first state dust jacket, with $35.00 on front flap, a near fine example. Signed by the author, David McCullough, on title page. An attractive signed copy of this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography. This work, detailing the life of President John Adams, was adapted into a miniseries for HBO in 2008.
Synopsis
McCullough's popular biography of the second U.S. president, John Adams was the winner for the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Biography and was later made into a TV miniseries on HBO starring Paul Giamatti as John Adams in 2008.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The First Edition Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11086
- Title
- John Adams
- Author
- McCullough, David
- Illustrator
- Signed first edition of John Adams by David McCullough.
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Jacket Condition
- near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition / First Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0684813637
- ISBN 13
- 9780684813639
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
- LCCN
- 2001027010
- Keywords
- first edition David McCullough, signed book David McCullough, Mornings on Horseback, Truman, Brave Companions, The Great Bridge, The Path Between the Seas, The Johnstown Flood, Pulitzer Prize, National Book Award, The Wright Brothers, Truman, John Ad
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- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
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- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Fine
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- First Edition
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- Heel
- The lower most portion of the spine when the book is standing vertically.
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