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1829 4-Volume Thomas Jefferson Memoirs Set - Original 1st Edition - Single Owner

1829 4-Volume Thomas Jefferson Memoirs Set - Original 1st Edition - Single Owner

$ 3960.0

THIS MATCHED SET OF FIRST EDITIONS IS QUITE RARE. NO SIMILAR SET COULD BE LOCATED AT ANY ONLINE BOOKSELLER. RARE MATCHED SET OF FOUR VOLUMES OF "MEMOIR, CORRESPONDENCE, AND MISCELLANIES, FROM THE PAPE...

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THIS MATCHED SET OF FIRST EDITIONS IS QUITE RARE. NO SIMILAR SET COULD BE LOCATED AT ANY ONLINE BOOKSELLER. RARE MATCHED SET OF FOUR VOLUMES OF "MEMOIR, CORRESPONDENCE, AND MISCELLANIES, FROM THE PAPERS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON." EDITED BY JEFFERSON'S GRANDSON, THOMAS JEFFERSON RANDOLPH. FOLDOUT OF JEFFERSON'S DRAFT OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IS MISSING, AND THE TISSUE PROTECTOR OVER THE FRONTISPIECE OF VOLUME FOUR IS MISSING. THERE IS A "NOTICE" FROM THE PUBLISHER IN VOLUME ONE STATING THAT THE COPIES OF THE DECLARATION DID NOT ARRIVE IN TIME TO BE SHIPPED WITH THESE BOOKS. THIS MAY INDICATE THAT THIS SET WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO BE PRINTED. EACH BOOK IS ENDORSED ON THE FRONT PASTE-DOWN BY THE ORIGINAL OWNER (EXCEPT THAT THE MISSING FRONT COVER OF VOLUME ONE PRECLUDES SUCH), N. G. NYE, A LAWYER WHO PRACTICED IN YAZOO CITY, MISSISSIPPI. NYE OWNED THE FAMOUS BLEAK HOUSE OUTSIDE YAZOO CITY. LEATHER COVERS ARE MARBLED AND IN REASONABLY GOOD CONDITION, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THEIR AGE, SHOWING ONLY A MINOR AMOUNT OF SCUFFING AND SOILING. COVER CORNERS AND EDGES SHOW WEAR. LABELS ON THE SPINE ARE ALSO IN REASONABLY GOOD CONDITION CONSIDERING THEIR AGE, SHOWING VERY LITTLE FADING. SEE PHOTO. SOME MIGHT REBIND THIS SET, HOWEVER, BECAUSE THE COVERS ARE IN SUCH GOOD CONDITION, ONE MIGHT DO WELL TO LOCATE ANOTHER COVER THAT MATCHES THESE AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE AND USE IT TO REPLACE THE FRONT COVER OF VOLUME ONE. SHIPPING METHOD WILL BE DETERMINED BY BUYER AND WILL BE BILLED AT COST.

Specifics

Author

Thomas Jefferson/Thomas Jefferson Randolph

Binding

Leather

Country/Region of Manufacture

United States

Language

English

Original/Facsimile

Original

Place of Publication

charlottesville

Publisher

F. CARR & CO.

Region

North America

Special Attributes

1st Edition

Subject

Biography & Autobiography

Topic

Political

Year Printed

1829

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