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The Paris Years of Thomas Jefferson
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The Paris Years of Thomas Jefferson Hardcover - 1997

by Adams, William Howard

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  • Hardcover
  • Signed
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New Haven & London: Yale University Press, 1997. Biography of Jefferson, concentrating on the influence the "rarified intellectual, political, scientific, and artistic circles of the city" had on the "provincial Virginian" while he was serving diplomatically as minister from the United States. INSCRIBED and intitialed by the author on the title page: "Inscribed for Ruth and Michael. special friends who have made books a way of life in Shepherdstown. We are all in their debt. W.H.A. [printed author's name scored over] 27 XII 97". Light wear to book, pencil notes on the half-title, light fading to top edge of front board; jacket badly faded on spine & upper front panel. Text clean; x, 354 pages; index, bibliography, notes, b/w figures & photos. . Inscribed by the Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good. Illus. by Adelaide de Menil. Octavo.
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  • Title The Paris Years of Thomas Jefferson
  • Author Adams, William Howard
  • Illustrator Adelaide de Menil
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 354
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Yale University Press, New Haven & London
  • Date 1997
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Bookseller's Inventory # t0393
  • ISBN 9780300069037 / 0300069030
  • Weight 1.61 lbs (0.73 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.54 x 6.4 x 1.11 in (24.23 x 16.26 x 2.82 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Presidents - United States - Biography, Paris (France) - History - 1715-1789
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 97-12330
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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