Dictionary of American Biography

London : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1957. Cloth. Very Good Indeed. 10" by 7.5". None. Dictionary of American Biography edited by Allen Johnson and Dumas Malone. Published under the auspices of The American Council of Learned Societies. In thirteen volumes complete. A reprint in thirteen volumes of the original twenty-two volume set. Contents as follows: Volume one: Abbe to Brazer, edited by Allen Johnson; Volume two: Brearly to Cushing, edited by Allen Johnson and Dumas Malone; Volume three: Cushman to Fraser, edited by Allen Johnson and Dumas Malone; Volume four: Fraunces to Hibbard, edited by Allen Johnson and Dumas Malone; Volume five: Hibben to Larkin, edited by Dumas Malone; Volume six: Larned to Millington, edited by Dumas Malone; Volume seven: Mills to Platner, edited by Dumas Malone; Volume eight: Platt to Seward, edited by Dumas Malone; Volume nine: Sewell to Trowbridge, edited by Dumas Malone; Volume ten: Troye to Zunser, edited by Dumas Malone; Volume eleven: Supplements One, edited by Harris E. Starr and Supplement Two, edited by Robert Livingston Schuyler and Edward T. James; Volume twelve: Supplement Three 1941-1945, edited by Edward T. James, assistant editors Philip M. Hosay, Marie Caskey and Philip De Vencentes. With an Index Guide to the Supplements. Volume thirteen: Supplement Four 1946-1950, edited by John A. Garraty and Edward T. James. With an Index Guide to the Supplements. Allen Johnson (1870 - 1931) was an American historian, Professor of history at Yale University. He was also editor of the Dictionary of American Biography and of Yale University Press' 50-volume Chronicles of America series. Johnson's Jefferson and His Colleagues (1921) appeared in the series. Dumas Malone (1892 - 1986) was an American historian, biographer, and editor noted for his six-volume biography on Thomas Jefferson, Jefferson and His Time, for which he received the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for history. In cloth bindings. Externally, smart but with minor wear to extremities and occasional marks to boards, institutional lettering to spines and laminate covering to one volume. Two hinges slightly strained. Internally, firmly bound. Bright and generally clean but with institutional 'For Reference' label to front free endpaper and institutional ink stamps and marks to endpapers and the occasional ink annotation to front. Clipped loss to front free endpaper to volume one. Very Good Indeed