Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams
by Quincy, Josiah [John Quincy Adams]
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Boston: Phillips, Sampson, 1858. Boston: Phillips, Sampson, 1858. First edition. Tall 8vo. Elaborately blindstamped brown cloth binding, titles in gilt. Frontispiece engraving of Adams with signature and saying, protective tissue. Chocolate endpapers. 429 pp. Shallow chipping top and bottom of spine, a couple of nicks. Bookplate of Francis H. Lincoln of Hingham, thought to have a mutual ancestor with Abraham Lincoln. Hinges sound. No writing inside. Very good.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Illus. by Illustrated. 8vo.
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- Bookseller
- Rose's Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 021011
- Title
- Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams
- Author
- Quincy, Josiah [John Quincy Adams]
- Illustrator
- Illustrated
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Phillips, Sampson
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1858
- Keywords
- LINCOLN HINGHAM
- Bookseller catalogs
- United States History; Americana; United States Presidents;
- Size
- 8vo
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About the Seller
Rose's Books, IOBA
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Harwich Port, Massachusetts
About Rose's Books, IOBA
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- Bookplate
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- Gilt
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Chipping
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- First Edition
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