Published by Everyman's Library (Dent/Dutton), GB, 1942
Seller: Richard Sylvanus Williams (Est 1976), WINTERTON, United Kingdom
Signed
Hardback. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG- DW. Reprint Thus. Orange cloth lettered in gold on spine (no decoration). Blue "Belles-Lettres" DW has black and white "rosette" signed ER on front cover. Rear cover states "OVER 970 VOLUMES". Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Book is in very good plus condition with very minor signs of wear and/or age. Clean entire DW has a closed tear near base of spine extending into front cover (with some internal magic tape repair) and very slight loss at bottom edge.
Published by Culturea Jul 2023, 2023
ISBN 13: 9791041804979
Seller: BuchWeltWeit Ludwig Meier e.K., Bergisch Gladbach, Germany
Signed Print on Demand
Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -In early 1787, the Congress of the United States called a meeting of delegates from each state to try to fix what was wrong with the Articles of Confederation. The Articles had created an intentionally weak central government, and that weakness had brought the nation to a crisis in only a few years. Over the next several months, the delegates worked to produce the document that would become the U.S. Constitution.When Congress released the proposed Constitution to the states for ratification in the fall of 1787, reaction was swift: in newspapers throughout each state, columnists were quick to condemn the radical reworking of the nation¿s formative document. In New York State, a member of the convention decided to launch into the fray; he and two other men he recruited began writing their own anonymous series defending the proposed Constitution, each one signed ¿Publius.¿ They published seventy-seven articles in four different New York papers over the course of several months. When the articles were collected and published as a book early the following year, the authors added another eight articles. Although many at the time guessed the true identities of the authors, it would be a few years before the authors were confirmed to be Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, Hamilton and Madison both being delegates at the convention.Although the articles¿ influence on the Constitution¿s ratification is debated¿newspapers were largely local at the time, so few outside New York saw the articles¿their influence on the interpretation of the Constitution within the judiciary is immense. They are a window not only into the structure and content of the document, but also the reasons for the structure and content, written by men who helped author the document. Consequently, they have been quoted almost 300 times in Supreme Court cases. They remain perhaps the best and clearest explanation of the document that is the cornerstone of the United States government. 740 pp. Englisch.
Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1945
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Signed
With an Introduction by Carl Van Doren. 2 vols. 8vo, publisher's quarter leather and decorated paper-covered boards; t.e.g. First of this edition; No. 1220 of 1500 copies signed by designer Bruce Rogers. Tiny chips to the extremities of the spine, and several horizontal breaks to the leather; tight and sound; contents fine.
Published by The Limited Editions Club, New York, 1945
Seller: Yesterday's Gallery, ABAA, East Woodstock, CT, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Limited Edition, #1222 of 1500 signed by typographer Bruce Rogers; complete in 2 volumes. Octavo, one quarter black leather over illustrated paper-covered boards, gilt lettering on spine, gilt top edge, signed by Rogers towards rear of volume 2. Collection of essays by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, comprising the Federalist Papers. Very Good, light shelf wear, some scuffing to spines, no slipcase.
Published by George F. Hopkins, New York, 1802
Seller: McCormick Books, Hartland, MI, U.S.A.
Signed
Full-leather. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. 2nd Edition. Two volume second edition set with two pages numbered 167 and two numbered 168 as noted; pages 263-270 repeated. Original full calf binding with five black horizontal lines and volume number on spine, heavy rubbing and worn on points with some loss at spine ends. Volume I has 1" chip to leather head of spine, front hinge quite weak and literally hanging on by threads, needs some tightening; has penciled numbers and signature inside front board. Volume II has identical penciled signature and date of 1871, binding secure. Previously owned by "R Watts" who signed title pages. Foxing throughout both volumes and age toned, a complete copy of the edition that was first to identify authors Hamilton, Madison, and Jay. This edition was expanded to include the federal constitution plus the first eleven amendments, as well as additional essays written by Hamilton (under the pseudonym "Pacificus"), and is thus considered the most comprehensive edition. 317pp; 351pp. Additional photographs available on request. ; MCN21662; 8vo 8" - 9" tall.