Search Results: letters of henry adams 1858 by henry adams worthington

Houghton Mifflin Company, 1930. first edition. hardcover. very good: wear to boards and spine, faded gilt lettering, remnants of bookplate evident on front paste down, some mild toning/spots of foxing on endpapers, corner tear on title page, text clean, binding tight./no DJ. 8vo 552pp. collection of the letters of Henry Adams, author of Mont Saint Michel and Chartres, and The Education of Henry Adams among many other works of history and several novels. Covers the period of his life from age 20-53, his period of diplomacy as private secretary to his father, the US ambassador to England during the Civil War, his experience as a professor at Harvard and then journalist, with lacunae surrounding the suicide of his wife, but does include some letters to his longtime unconsummated lover Elizabeth Cameron. #01014.

Houghton Mifflin, 1930. Book. Very Good+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1st Edition. VG+. Gilt lettering on spine rubbed..

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1930. Edition Not Stated Presumed First. Hardbound. Near Fine Minus/Very Good Plus. Hardbound ocatavo in blue cloth w/gold emboss lettering & D/J; clean unmarked text, 552 pp, incldg index; b&w frontis. Copy is Near Fine Minus in Very Good Plus dust jacket; mild bending and scuffing to edges, spine head&foot; some discoloration/lightening to spine; hinges good; strong and tight. D/J shows shelf wear and discoloration/yellowing; some chipping at edges, corners, and spine head&foot; spine yellowed; price clipped. 8vo (6.25" x 9.5").

Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company. Very Good- with no dust jacket. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Rear cover is slightly bowed. ; This volume only. .

Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1930. 552 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ title in gilt. Top edge gilt. Corners and spine ends lightly bumped and rubbed. Light foxing to edges of text block and endpapers. DJ has chipping to extremities. Spine sunned. Lightly soiled and foxed. Contents nice.. Hard Cover. Very Good-/Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1930. Presumed first edition/first printing. Hardcover. Good. No dust jacket. Cover has some wear and soiling, corners rubbed, and some "dings". Some endpaper discoloration. Some edge soiling.. vi p., 1 l., 552 p. front. (port. ) 25 cm. Occasional footnotes. Index. The Editor hoped to make Henry Adams better and more humanly known from these letters than he felt could be gained from the detached examination of himself in the Education of Henry Adams. Relatively little letters and related documentation on Henry Adams was available to the editor. About 1885 he destroyed all his diaries, notes, and correspondence and recalled, from time to time, his letters for his correspondents and destroyed them as well.

Houghton Mifflin, 1939. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket missing. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. No extraneous markings. All pages are intact and binding is strong. Minor wear. Secure packaging for safe delivery.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1930. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Edge wear and soiling. Corners bumped. ; 4to 11" - 13" tall .

Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company. 1930. Vintage Copy. Hardcover. Very Good in boards. Faded ink stamp to REP. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall .

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.