John Adams
by Page Smith
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+/Very Good
- Seller
-
Nashua, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
Two volume hardcover set, with slipcase box and dust jackets, published by Doubleday, 1962. This set is a Book Club edition. Winner of the Bancroft Prize and The Kenneth Roberts Memorial Award. At the time of publication, this was the first comprehensive biography of the second President of the US. Page Smith focuses on both his public life as well as his marriage with Abigail, and friendship with Jefferson, Franklin, Washington, and Hamilton. 6-1/2" X 9-1/2", 1,180 pages across the two volumes. Both volumes also include two sections of photos. Sturdy gray cloth covered boards with the title imprinted within a field of red on the spine. Cover boards are flat, the corners are not bumped or creased, no edge wear. Jackets for both volumes are intact, with fading to the spine. Both spine panels have a liquid drop mark - about 1/4" circle on Volume II,a d 1/2" on Volume I. Edges of the text block are clean. Binding is tight for both volumes. Page 667 of volume II has a crease mark at the top right corner. Outer slipcase box is intact, with a 1/2" tear at the top right corner, sun fading to the front facing edges. Applied illustrated panel on one side of the box is intact with no rubbing wear. No former ownership marks, no writing on either volume. Not a library discard. Attached photos are of the volumes we have in our inventory.
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Details
- Seller
- Hopkins Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 22-03238
- Title
- John Adams
- Author
- Page Smith
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Date Published
- 1962
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- History; Biography;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Book Club Edition
- A generic term denoting a book which was produced or distributed by one of any number of book club organizations. Usually the...