ADAMS, Henry (1838-1919). The Education of Henry Adams . Washington [privately printed], 1907. 2 o (320 x 255mm). Original publisher's dark blue fine-grained cloth, gilt-lettered morocco spine label (label chipped, very slight wear to extremities). Provenance : Estelle Doheny (paper bookplate). FIRST EDITION of this classic American work, subtitled "An Autobiography" only after Adams's death. With the two misprints as noted by BAL. LIMITED EDITION. According to Merle Johnson (1942) only 100 copies were printed, but BAL cites H.D. Cater, editor of Adams's correspondence (1947), stating that the edition comprised only 40 copies. BAL 32. A VERY GOOD COPY.
ADAMS, Henry (1838-1919). The Education of Henry Adams . Washington [privately printed], 1907. 2 o (320 x 255mm). Original publisher's dark blue fine-grained cloth, gilt-lettered morocco spine label (label chipped, very slight wear to extremities). Provenance : Estelle Doheny (paper bookplate). FIRST EDITION of this classic American work, subtitled "An Autobiography" only after Adams's death. With the two misprints as noted by BAL. LIMITED EDITION. According to Merle Johnson (1942) only 100 copies were printed, but BAL cites H.D. Cater, editor of Adams's correspondence (1947), stating that the edition comprised only 40 copies. BAL 32. A VERY GOOD COPY.
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