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By: ADAMS, Henry
Price: $12.00
Publisher: New York, The Modern Library / Random House: [c.1962]
Stock No.: 82687
A Modern Library edition of this autobiography by the grandson of John Quincy Adams and great-grandson of John Adams. First published privately in 1907, it became a highly-praised success upon its publication for a wider audience in 1918. With an introduction by James Truslow Adams. Indexed. In orange jacket with image of Adams on cover. --- In Toledano spine 8 / pale green cloth / gilt titling on green spine & cover blocks / green topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket... View more info
By: ADAMS, Henry
Price: $14.00
Publisher: New York, The Heritage Press: 1957
Stock No.: 82683
The erudite Henry Adams takes the reader on a guided tour of Mont-Saint-Michel, Chartres and other famed French cathedrals in this handsome edition in slipcase. With photographs by Samuel Chamberlain, a new introduction by Francis Henry Taylor and author's preface. --- In blue cloth-covered boards with gilt titling and decorations on spine. Sandglass flyer laid in (New York, no. I:22). Volume housed in gold paper-covered slipcase. --- A partial split at front hinge ha... View more info
By: ADAMS, Henry
Price: $12.50
Publisher: New York, The Modern Library / Random House: 1996
Stock No.: 82277
A Modern Library edition of this autobiography by the grandson of John Quincy Adams and great-grandson of John Adams; first published in 1907. This highly-praised work details life in the U.S. from the Civil War to World War I. With an introduction by Edmund Morris. --- In Toledano spine 17 / grey cloth / blindstamped torchbearer logo to cover / gilt-stamped spine titling / Bernhard endpapers / jacket style r with author black and white portrait on cover, verso blank. --... View more info
By: ADAMS, Henry; FORD, Worthington Chauncey (editor)
Price: $24.50
Publisher: Boston, Houghton Mifflin Company: 1930
Edition: First Edition
Stock No.: 78703
First Edition. Grandson of John Quincy Adams and great-grandson of John Adams, Henry Adams (1838-1918) was a historian, author and consummate Washington, D.C. insider. This grouping of his letters covers the early years, and was originally published as part of a two-volume set. Edited, and with introductory note, by Worthington Chauncey Ford. --- This edition is one of 325 copies of the First Edition bound with uncut edges. In full red-orange cloth-covered boards w/titli... View more info
