The March of Democracy: The Rise of the Union
by ADAMS, James Truslow
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
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- Seller
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Galena, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth with gilt and red decorations, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 428pp. Tipped-in frontispiece (unique to this copy), numerous illustrations, decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Second printing, tight and handsome, of the first volume (only) of this multi-volume U.S. overview and in the seldom-seen lovely jacket. Choice autograph addition: Tipped to inner flyleaf is a fine Typed Note Signed from Adams, 1p, 8½" X 5½", Southport, CT, 7 November 1940. Addressed to noted Lincoln/Civil War scholar Arnold F. Gates (1914-93). On his imprinted letterhead, Adams tells this admirer "Thank you so much for your letter of October 18th which happened to be written on my birthday and which I greatly appreciated." Signed boldly in full in black ink. An all-around sharp and unusual copy.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20526
- Title
- The March of Democracy: The Rise of the Union
- Author
- ADAMS, James Truslow
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Charles Scribner's Sons
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1933
- Bookseller catalogs
- Books; Americana;
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Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About the Seller
Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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About Main Street Fine Books & Manuscripts, ABAA
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