The Paris Years of Thomas Jefferson
by Adams, William Howard
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0300069030
- ISBN 13
- 9780300069037
- Seller
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Beloit, Wisconsin, United States
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About This Item
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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Details
- Bookseller
- Bookworks MWABA, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- t0393
- Title
- The Paris Years of Thomas Jefferson
- Author
- Adams, William Howard
- Illustrator
- Adelaide de Menil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0300069030
- ISBN 13
- 9780300069037
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven & London
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- Biography, Politics, Diplomacy, Diplomats, Cultural Studies
- Size
- Octavo
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About the Seller
Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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Beloit, Wisconsin
About Bookworks MWABA, IOBA
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