Letters of Henry Adams (1858-1891) / Letters of Henry Adams (1892-1918)
by Henry Adams | Worthington Chauncey Ford (Edited by)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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St. Louis, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. Hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. Limited Edition of 325 copies; 250 copies. 7.25 x 9.75in.; 6.75 x 9.75in. vi. 552pp.; vii. 672pp. Portrait frontispieces. Publisher's cloth boards with paper title labels. Top text-block edges are gilt. FINE/AS NEW in Very Good unprinted original glassine dust jackets in Good original slipcases. The books themselves are flawless having been exceptionally well maintained. The dust jackets show slight furrowing and loss along the edges, otherwise remain complete and unmarked. The slipcase of Vol. 1 shows slight shelf rubbing of the extremities, else Fine. The slipcase of Vol. 2 with the panels shelf rubbed and some loss from the back extremities, otherwise is structurally sound and distinct. As pictured.
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- Bookseller
- North Books: Used & Rare (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30421
- Title
- Letters of Henry Adams (1858-1891) / Letters of Henry Adams (1892-1918)
- Author
- Henry Adams | Worthington Chauncey Ford (Edited by)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1938
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- First Edition
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- Rubbing
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
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- Publisher's cloth
- A hardcover book comprised of cloth over hard pasteboard boards. ...
- New
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