Parties in the United States (Limited edition: 52/600)

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PARTIES IN THE UNITED STATES, John Quincy Adams, foreword by Charles True Adams, hardcover, stated No. 52 of edition of 600; pages are age-toned, 1941. BOOK CONDITION: very good. The text block is in fine condition, with no tears, dogears, or marks. There is no bookplate or signature of a prior owner. Not a library book or remainder. The gray cloth boards are in very good condition (two bumped corners). 9 ½ x 6 ½, 136 pages, 16 ounces XX [From the foreword] When a work is first published more than a hundred years after it is written, some explanation should be forthcoming. This is particularly so when the volume is from the pen of a famous personage who wrote and was published prodigiously. Some time ago the manuscript of this book was brought to my attention by Mr. Forest H. Sweet, renowned dealer in and authority on historical letters and documents. It appeared to be a carefully corrected work prepared for the printer and was, according to a contemporaneous notation on the wrapper, one of two such copies. After careful search and inquiry, the publisher and I were both convinced that neither of these copies ever reached the printer for whom they were intended. We did discover that the second copy of the manuscript exists and now reposes in the collection of the Adams Papers in the custody of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Whatever reason prompted Adams to abandon publication of this history, it could scarcely be valid today. All those who read the manuscript were unanimous in believing it a substantial and interesting contribution to our political history and one worthy of publication. As history it should have particular value. N° de ref. del artículo 002675

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