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John Quincy Adams
by Unger, Harlow Giles
- Used
- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 030682129X
- ISBN 13
- 9780306821295
- Seller
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Newport, Washington, United States
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About This Item
Da Capo Press, 2012. 1st Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. 6x1x9. Da Capo Press, 2012. First Printing of First Edition. Hardcover and Dust jacket As New. 8vo. 384 pages. 43 in-text b/w illustrations. Chronology. Purple and black boards with sharp and bright gilt titles to spine, tight and solid, internals pristine. Endpapers in purple. Handsome, clean and unmarked, tight and solid book. A biography of one of the towering figures during the nation's founding years. John Quincy Adams served America as minister to six countries, as secretary of state, senator and congressman, and the sixth president of the United States. A sweeping panorama of American history, "John Quincy Adams" follows the exciting life of an American patriot who served under George Washington and with Abraham Lincoln. Notes, Bibliography and Research Resources, Index. 2012, Da Capo Press.
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Details
- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 030179
- Title
- John Quincy Adams
- Author
- Unger, Harlow Giles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- ISBN 10
- 030682129X
- ISBN 13
- 9780306821295
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2012
- Size
- 6x1x9
- Keywords
- ADAMS, JOHN QIINCY, 1767-1848; PRESIDENTS, UNITED STATES, BIOGRAPHY; POLITICS AND GOVERNMENT, 1789-1829;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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