John Quincy Adams and the Foundations of American Foreign Policy
by Bemis, Samuel Flagg
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1949. First volume (of two) of this life of the sixth President, covering his early life and diplomatic career up to his election to the presidency; winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Biography. Stated first edition (first printing). Stout hardcover in jacket, as pictured; full blue cloth, gilt titling: a handsome, collectible example. Book shows light wear, upper corners bumped, pages lightly affected, ink name & note on free endsheet; price-clipped jacket a bit edgeworn with some chipping, couple of short tears & creasing to rear panel. Text clean; xix, blank, 588, xv pages; index, b/w plates, maps, all present as called for.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Large Octavo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- w0948
- Title
- John Quincy Adams and the Foundations of American Foreign Policy
- Author
- Bemis, Samuel Flagg
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1949
- Size
- Large Octavo
- Keywords
- Americana, American History, Diplomacy, Diplomats, U. S. History, Politics, Biography, Presidents, Presidential History
Terms of Sale
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
Biblio member since 2006
Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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...
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...