- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Quercus Rare Books, Chico, CA, U.S.A.Quercus Rare Books
AbeBooks seller since January 26, 2005
Association member: IOBA
Condition: Used - Near fine
US$ 30.00
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketItem description from seller
Boston: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1961. Considered by many one of the best American autobiographies to have been written. Originally privately published in 1907; it gained fame when reissued by the Massachusetts Historical Society in 1917. This is a Near Fine copy of a Later Printing (the 36th), with a new Introduction by Denis Brogan in addition to the Preface from 1917 by Henry Cabot Lodge. Bright red cloth binding with black titling on the spine. Clean text; xxiv, 517 pages, indexed. Tiny bookseller label on front paste-down and evidence of some erasures on the FFEP; else Fine. The dustjacket is in rough condition, however, with considerable rubbing, creasing and chipping. In an archival plastic protector. Later Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Seller Inventory # 004772
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Education of Henry Adams
- Author
- Adams, Henry
- Publisher
- Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston
- Publication year
- 1961
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- Later Printing.
- Seller catalogs
- Biography
Quercus Rare Books
Chico, CA, U.S.A.
Shipping rates within U.S.A.
| Item | 5 to 14 business days | 3 to 6 business days |
|---|---|---|
| First item | US$ 25.00 | US$ 40.00 |
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Store description
Quercus Rare Books has been an online resource for readers and collectors since 1999. We seek to provide noteworthy books in the First Edition. Our main focus is Modern Literature, in particular the great Irish writers of the early 20th Century. We also specialize in Irish History and the Politics of Ireland's liberation. Other areas of interest are American History and significant works of the 18th-and 19th-century. Quercus is a Member of IOBA - the Independent Online Booksellers Association.
Specialty
Irish History and Politics, Irish authors, Modern fictionAssociation member
Seller's business information
Quercus Rare Books
CA, U.S.A.
Terms of sale
We accept checks and money orders in US Dollars. Credit card orders are accepted through ABE. California residents must add appropriate sales tax (currently 7.25%). Items are returnable for any reason within ten days of receipt (please email or call first before returning item).
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