The Duplicate Letters: The Fisheries And The Mississippi (1822) by Editor-John Quincy Adams - 2008-02-21

Macmillan. 1914. Hardcover. Good. Hardback, volume 3 only; light fading, light soiling, light wear to exteri or; good condition with clean text, firm binding. No dust jacket. .

Macmillan. 1914. Hardcover. Good. Hardback, volume 4 only; light fading, light soiling, light wear to exteri or; good condition with clean text, firm binding. No dust jacket. .

Macmillan. 1916. Hardcover. Good. Hardback, volume 6 only; light fading, light soiling, light wear to exteri or; good condition with clean text, firm binding. No dust jacket. .

Macmillan. 1915. Hardcover. Good. Hardback, volume 5 only; light fading, light soiling, light wear to exteri or; good condition with clean text, firm binding. No dust jacket. .

Macmillan. 1913. Hardcover. Good. Hardback, volume 2 only; light fading, light soiling, light wear to exteri or; good condition with clean text, firm binding. No dust jacket. ASIN ? : ? B01BOG0DAA .

Longmans, Green & Co, 1928. 1st edition.. Hardback. Cloth, G+. xx+585pp, index, large lending library bookplate to the rear pastedown, no other library evidence, cloth rubbed & bumped, spine lettering practically illegible. The edited diaries of the American statesman who served as the sixth President of the United States from 1825 to 1829 John Quincy Adams [ 1767 - 1848 ]. The volume a selection fromthe 12 volume edition which was published by Charles Francis Adams between 1874 - 1877.

Washington DC: The Smithsonian Institution, 1965. Hardcover. Very good/poor. 95, [5] pages. Foreword by L. H. Butterfield (Editor-in-Chief of The Adams Papers). Footnotes. Illustrations. Glassine wrapper heavily torn and chipped. Smithsonian Publication No. 4643. Wilcomb E. Washburn (1925-1997) was an American historian. Washburn was born in 1925. He received a bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College, and the same year received his Ph.D. in the History of American Civilization from Harvard University. For three years he taught history at the College of William and Mary. In 1958, he joined the Smithsonian Institution, as curator of Political History at the National Museum of American History. Later, he became chair of the Department of American Studies. From 1968 until 1997, he served as a director for the Smithsonian's American Studies Program. English scientist James Smithson dies after a long illness, leaving behind a will with a peculiar footnote. In the event that his only… Read More

Macmillan. 1917. Hardcover. Good. Hardback, volume 7 only; light fading, light soiling, light wear to exteri or; good condition with clean text, firm binding. No dust jacket. ASIN ? : ? B0014TPK1U .

Boston: Charles Bowen, 1834.. 352pp. plus plates. 19th-century maroon morocco with elaborately blindstamped boards, spine gilt and elaborately stamped in blind, a.e.g. Head of spine chipped, upper joint partially split. Minor occasional foxing to text. Very good. In a maroon half morocco slipcase and chemise, spine gilt. Presentation copy, inscribed by John Quincy Adams on the blank cartouche of the engraved presentation leaf: "Louisa C. Smith from J.Q. Adams." Adams was the contributor of an essay entitled "The Plague in the Forest, A Fable," printed on pages 199-203 of this work. Louisa Catharine Smith (1773-1857) was the daughter of Abigail Adams' brother, William Smith, and Louisa Catharine Salmon Smith - and therefore, John Quincy's first cousin. The work itself is a collection of stories, poems, musings, and other short works related to the holidays. At the time the work was published, Adams was serving Massachusetts in the House of Representatives, five years after his one term as President… Read More