The Education of Henry Adams
by Adams, Henry
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- Condition
- As New
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Franklin Center, PA: The Franklin Library, 1982. Book. Illus. by Pinkney, Jerry - sketches. As New. Full-Leather. Hardcover - Deluxe Reprint. Large 8vo. xiv, 530 pp, editor's preface by Henry Cabot Lodge - Sept., 1918, Author's preface, 35 titled chapters, index. Sketches by Jerry Pinkney. The 100 Greatest Books of All Time: Limited Edition, 1982. 6.4" x 9" brown leather boards. Pristine, no wear. Clean, tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. Brown leather with gilt embossed decorative boards, raised bands on spine, gilt lettering to spine, gilt text block edges, brown silk moire endpapers, and a brown satin ribbon..
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004176
- Title
- The Education of Henry Adams
- Author
- Adams, Henry
- Illustrator
- Pinkney, Jerry - sketches
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Edition
- Hardcover - Deluxe Reprint
- Publisher
- The Franklin Library
- Place of Publication
- Franklin Center, PA
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- Large 8vo
- Keywords
- BIOGRAPHY U.S. HISTORY ADAMS HENRY (1838-1913) AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- Bookseller catalogs
- BIOGRAPHY; U. S. HISTORY;
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West Side Book Shop, ABAA
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