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This book is a first edition
john adams volume 1, 1735-1784and 2, 1784-1826
Price: £?
Listed by: Mrsstomper [View all by this seller]    
Author : Page smith
Year of publication: 1962
Format: Hardback
Signature: No
First edition :Yes
Condition: Very Good
Category: History
Cost of book: £?
Price negotiable: Yes


Specifics:
slip cover is damaged at corners and taped together to avoid it getting worse, front of slip cover has a copy of an oil painting of john adams by mather brown and lists contents-volume 1-1735-1784   volume 2-1784-1826 and authors name(page smith)   back side of slipcover lists volume contents, that this is the first biography of john adams, since the great treasury of his papers and letters became available to scholars, i'm assuming thats when they were entered into library of congress, and there is also info about author  on back of slipcover.  books are in really good condition as they have hardly ever been removed from slipcover, they are first editions published by doubleday in 1962 and on copyright page it lists library of congress catalog card number 63-7188 and that passages quoted from adams' papers at the massachusettes historical society, are quoted from the microfilm edition by permission of the society  i can be reached at 970-726-9695  my name is karin wrape and my email is mrsstomperhere@yahoo.com make me an offer...