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CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2010-08-30. Paperback. Good.

Houghton Mifflin Co. 1910 Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Green/gilt, cover has edgewear focused on spine ends and corner tips, one damp stain, interior pages clean, lightly browned, binding tight; 331pgs. Standard Library Edition.. Good/No Jacket.

Chelsea House Pub (T), 1981-02. Paperback. Good.

Boston : Houghton Mifflin / Riverside Press. 1882. vg-. Hardcover. 315 pages + catalog of other titles; floral patterned eps with old bookseller sticker on front ep; text clean; top edge gilt, other edges uncut; approx. 7" tall; shelf wear to edges of navy cover with gilt lettering & star top border to front & darkened spine; no dj .

Houghton Mifflin. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. No Dust Jacket Hinges cracked. Pages loose. Reading copy only.

UsedGood. No dust jacket. Pages slightly browned from age. Previous owner's name on inside page. 1898 American Statesman volume 6; hardcover from Riverside Press of Houghton Mifflin; binding tight; no marks or tears in text; musty smell; cover stain.

Chelsea House Pub (T), 1981-02-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

Houghton Mifflin, 1899. Hardcover. very good. NOT an ex library book. Book with dark green cloth binding, gilt top edge of pages. Two frontis, portrait and home with tissue guard between. Clean pages.

Houghton, 1883. American Stateman series, blue boards with gilt page edges, pages clean and unmarked, slight scuffing at spine ends, whitish stain on front board, some discoloration on spine, unmarked bookplate on endpaper.. Hard Cover. Good/No Jacket.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1883. HB. Dark blue cloth, gilt lettering on front cover and spine, 12 mo., 315 pp + ads at rear, TEG> American Statesmen Series. Clean book, with the slightest edge wear, private book plate front paste-down, ffep clipped at upper corner. Book condition VG.

Used; Very Good. 31-F-12 Chelsea house 1980 Paperback. Text is clean and unmarked. Covers have light wear. Spine is tight. Book Condition; Very Good . 1980. TRADE PAPERBACK.

MP3 Audio CD. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS CHAPTER I YOUTH AND DIPLOMACY On July 11, 1767, in the North Parish of Braintree, since set off as the town of Quincy, in Massachusetts, was born John Quincy Adams. Two streams of as good blood as flowed in the colony mingled in the veins of the infant. If heredity counts for anything he began life with an excellent chance of becoming famous--_non sine dîs animosus infans_. He was called after his great-grandfather on the mother's side, John Quincy, a man of local note who had borne in his day a distinguished part in provincial affairs. Such a naming was a simple and natural occurrence enough, but Mr. Adams afterward moralized upon it in his characteristic way:-- "The incident which gave rise to this circumstance is not without its moral to my heart. He was dying when I was baptized; and his daughter, my grandmother, present at my birth, requested that I might receive his name. The fact, recorded by my father at (p. 002) the time, has connected with… Read More

MP3 Audio CD. JOHN QUINCY ADAMS CHAPTER I YOUTH AND DIPLOMACY On July 11, 1767, in the North Parish of Braintree, since set off as the town of Quincy, in Massachusetts, was born John Quincy Adams. Two streams of as good blood as flowed in the colony mingled in the veins of the infant. If heredity counts for anything he began life with an excellent chance of becoming famous--_non sine dîs animosus infans_. He was called after his great-grandfather on the mother's side, John Quincy, a man of local note who had borne in his day a distinguished part in provincial affairs. Such a naming was a simple and natural occurrence enough, but Mr. Adams afterward moralized upon it in his characteristic way:-- "The incident which gave rise to this circumstance is not without its moral to my heart. He was dying when I was baptized; and his daughter, my grandmother, present at my birth, requested that I might receive his name. The fact, recorded by my father at (p. 002) the time, has connected with… Read More

tredition, 2012-02-22. Paperback. Good.

New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The John Quincy Adams ; American Statesmen Series.

Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1899. One of the American Statesman Series, volume XV 8vo size green clothbound hardcover with gilt topstain and gilt titles on the spine; 331 pages including index with engraved frontispiece portrait and illustration on half title page of family homestead. There are three addition full page illustrations. John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1848) was the sixth president of the United States, serving from 1825 - 1829. He also served as Secretary of State, Ambassador to the Netherlands, first United States Minister to Russia and Senator from Massachusetts. He is the only former president to be elected to the United States House of Representatives. He is the son of John Adams, second president of the United States. Ex-library with typical treatments. Corners have been reinforced with green cloth tape and spine has been covered with clear tape. Pastedowns have also been reinforced with mending tape. Front pastedown has several tears, fep was clipped to remove barcode. Pages… Read More

Paperback / softback. New.

Houghton Mifflin Compand, 1890. Hardcover. Good. American Statesmen Series.Front board is beginning to separate.

Paperback / softback. New.

Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Company. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued. 1884. Seventh Edition. First Printing. Leather. Half calf over marbled boards, spine in six compartments separated by raised bands, gilt lettering on one red and one black label in two compartments, gilt tooling in remainder, t.e.g., marbled endpapers. . Spine moderately worn, labels rubbed with loss of most of red label, covers only lightly rubbed, else fine; unmarked, unread, tight, square, and clean. VERY GOOD.. American Statesmen Series. 12mo 7" - 7½" tall. 315 pp .