Library of America Founding Voices Set: Grant, Jefferson, Adams, Parkman, Irving, Smith. Set of Eight

Grant, Smith, Adams, Jefferson, Parkman, Irving

Published by The Library of America, New York, 1980

About this Item

Eight-volume Library of America "Founding Voices" collection featuring early explorers, presidents, and historians whose writings defined the American narrative. Includes:

Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs & Selected Letters, 1839?1865
Captain John Smith, Writings on Roanoke, Jamestown, and Early Settlement
Henry Adams, Democracy, Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres, The Education of Henry Adams
Thomas Jefferson, Autobiography, Notes on the State of Virginia, Addresses, Letters
Francis Parkman, three volumes (The Oregon Trail, Conspiracy of Pontiac, Count Frontenac and New France, Montcalm and Wolfe, Pioneers of France in the New World)
Washington Irving, A History of New York, The Sketch Book, Letters, and Essays

From the private library of poet and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928?2024), each volume bears his personal ex-libris plate. The books remain crisp, square, and likely unread, with only faint traces of dust from long storage in Tarn's famed bunker.

An exceptional grouping that captures the formative voices of exploration, revolution, and literary nation-building. A cornerstone set for scholars, collectors, and admirers of American history and letters.

Author: Grant, Smith, Adams, Jefferson, Parkman, Irving
Publisher: The Library of America
Year: 1980s-1990s printings
Special attributes: Hardcover with dust jackets and ribbon markers, Tarn ex-libris
Topic: American history, founding era, literature
Subject: Early America, presidential writings, exploration, historiography
Keywords: Library of America, Nathaniel Tarn, Grant, Jefferson, Adams, Parkman, Irving, American founding, colonial America, literary history, collected works
Condition: Near fine overall. Crisp and clean copies with Tarn bookplates and minimal dust from storage. Tight bindings, sharp corners, and bright jackets.

Additional Library of America sets from the Nathaniel Tarn collection are available?see other listings for companion volumes.

Location:
Nt1025n50.

Seller Inventory # 197813484158

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Library of America Founding Voices Set: Grant, Jefferson, Adams, Parkman, Irving, Smith. Set of Eight
• Publisher: The Library of America, New York
• Publication Date: 1980
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Weight: 15 pounds
• Seller catalogs:
  • Literature
  • History