The Living Jefferson.
New York: Scribner, 1936. 403 pages, 8vo, red cloth; bookplate and gift inscription inside front cover. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. A very good copy. More
New York: Scribner, 1936. 403 pages, 8vo, red cloth; bookplate and gift inscription inside front cover. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. A very good copy. More
New York: Scribner, 1932. Illus. 428pp. 8vo, tan cloth, d.w. chipped and lightly soiled. New York: Scribner's, 1932. More
New York: Scribner, 1932. Illus. 428pp. 8vo, tan cloth, cloth lightly soiled. New York: Scribner's, 1932. More
New York: Scribner, 1933. illus. 438pp. 8vo, tan cloth, spine very lightly soiled. New York: Scribner's, 1933. Very good. More
New York: Frederick Fell Inc., 1946. 336 pages, illustrated with black-and-white cartoons, 8vo, brick-colored cloth, dust wrapper (worn, torn, and price-clipped). New York: Frederick Fell Inc., 1946. A very good copy in a poor dust wrapper. Inscribed on the front free endpaper: "To Judge Pence who went from RAGS to Riches from a boy who went from gags to Riches to my favorite Judge & favorite guy. Love & KIXXX, Pal Joey." More
New York: Mason & Lipscomb, 1974. 252 pages. 8vo, red cloth, d.w. (sunned, edgeworn). New York: Mason & Lipscomb, (1974). A very good copy-- sunned at edges-- in a very good(-) dust wrapper. Signed by the author. More
Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 2000. Frontis. 8vo, pr. wrs. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, (2000). From the library of Wendell Garrett with his rubber stamp on the front flyleaf and his ink marks in some margins. Wendell Garrett was the co-editor of the Diary and Autobiography of John Adams. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1975. Edited by L.H. Butterfield, et al. Color frontispiece, and some other black-and-white illustrations. 411 pages. 8vo, cloth, d.w. Cambridge: Harvard UP, 1975. A very good copy, lightly foxed outer edges, in a very good(-) dust wrapper, tearing at rear cover. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1973. 2 volumes ONLY. Edited by L. H. Butterfield and Marc Friedlaender, 426 pages & 472 pages, 8vo, blind giltstamped mauve red cloth in a dust wrapper (edges of wrapper a bit sunned & torn), Massachusetts:Harvard University Press 1973. Near fine set, aside for a dampstain affecting foot of spine on Voume III, very good dust wrappers. volume 3 & 4 of the Adams Papers. More
New York: 1871. Mounted photograph, 42pp. N.Y., (1871). More
Salem: Pool and Palfray, 1808. 32 pages. 8vo, pamphlet stitched and unopened as issued; light toning and foxing, page edges worn but text unaffected. Salem: Pool and Palfray, 1808. Second Salem edition. A very good(-) copy. Early American imprint. More
Paris: Dentu, 1807. Illustrated with one folding map of Silesia, colored in outline, drawn by Lapie, and engraved by B. Tardieu. Translated from the English by J. Dupuy. [4], iv, 421 pages. 8vo, contemporary calf-backed plain boards. Paris: Dentu, 1807. First French edition. A near fine clean copy. First French edition of Adams's very extensive correspondence with his brother, Thomas Boyleston Adams, comprising a travel journal of considerable interest, written during Adams's stint at the Prussian court as U.S. Minister....... More
Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1835. 94 pages. 8vo, recased in new green paper wrapper; some foxing and toning throughout. Washington: Gales and Seaton, 1835. A very good copy. More
Newtown: Bird & Bull, 2007. Illustrated. 4to, blue silk cloth with red leather spine; round pictorial label. Newtown: Bird & Bull, 2007. Limited Edition. Fine. Contains 2 leaves fro Loubat's 1878 "Medallic History, and roundels based on the Jacquemart etchings in that volume. No. 101 of 150 copies. Prospectus enclosed. More
London: John Stockdale, 1794. 3 volumes. [4], 8, xxxii, [3]-392; [4], 451, [1 binder's directions]; [4], 528, [36 index] pages. Frontispiece portrait in first volume, and half titles (History of the Principal Republics in the World) in all volumes; folding map "Chart of the River Scheldt" bound in volume two. 8vo, handsomely bound in 19th Century 3/4 mottled calf with ornately gilt-stamped spines and red labels; marbled boards and matching endpapers. London: John Stockdale, 1794. Second complete edition. Lightly inked..... More
London: C. Dilly, 1787. [ii], xxxi, [1], 3-392 pages. 8vo, neatly rebound in black pebbled cloth with red leather spine label. London: Printed for C. Dilly, in the Poultry, 1787. First English edition. Light scattered foxing throughout, heavier on title and first several pages, still a near fine copy of this landmark book. Complete in itself, this first volume was issued separately, and two subsequent volumes were published later in 1787 and 1788. The work comprises an important series of..... More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1966. Ed. by L. H. Butterfield. Illus. 4to, green cloth. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1966. Very good. More
New York: Newsweek, 1973. Ed. by James Bishop Peabody. Color plates, b/w Illus. 2 Vols. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. lightly soiled on both volumes. New York: Newsweek, (1973). More
New York: Newsweek, 1973. Ed. by James Bishop Peabody. Color plates, b/w Illus. 4to, blue cloth, d.w. New York: Newsweek, (1973). The Founding Fathers series. More
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1965. dited by L. Kinvin Wroth and Hiller B. Zobel. A few illustrations. 3 volumes, 8vo, black cloth, d.w. (spines sunned). Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1965. First Edition. A fine set in near fine dust wrappers Includes the Boston Massacre Trials. Spines on all volumes lightly rubbed. Corners lightly bumped on all volumes. A tight, bright set. More
The Hague: Privately Printed, 1782. 96 pages. Slim 8vo, rebound in modern brown polished calf (some light dampstaining in gutter of first several leaves, otherwise rather clean; untrimmed pages a bit soft at fore-edge margin). The Hague, 1782, probably printed for private distribution. True first edition [reprinted in London later the same year]. A very scarce printing in which Adams, as commissioner to the Netherlands, secured the treaty by which that country recognized our independence. Includes an account of the..... More
New York: Dutton, 1923. 18 black & white photographic illustrations. 288 pages, 8vo, brown cloth, spine slightly sunned; blind stamp and inscription on front fly-leaf. New York: Dutton, 1923. Very Good. More
A History of English Theatres from the Beginnings to the Restoration. Fold-out map. 473pp. Thick 8vo, red cloth (worn & inner hinge near front cracked). London: Constable, n.d. A good copy. More
London: Callow, 1807. Illustrated with 4 exquisite colored stipple engravings (foxed) & further commentaries on the doctrines of Mr. Hunter. 4to, rebound in green cloth. London, 1807. Second Edition. Very good. Proksch I, 259. The chief work of Adams (1756-1818), a respected practitioner and physician to the Small Pox Hospital. In this work Adams defends John Hunter, of whom he was a great admirer, against various attacks by his detractors, as well as presents his own work on contagion and..... More
London: Callow, Crown Court, 1807. Illustrated with 4 colored stipple engravings (foxed), & further commentaries on the doctrines of Mr. Hunter. 4to, contemporary 3/4 brown calf, marbled boards & endpapers (rather worn and chipped at ends; joints strengthened; ex-library copy with various stamps). London: Callow: Crown Court, 1807. Second Edition. Very good(-). Proksch I, 259. The chief work of Adams (1756-1818), a respected practitioner and physician to the Small Pox Hospital. In this work Adams defends John Hunter, of whom..... More
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