Letters of Henry Adams
Houghton Mifflin Company, 1930. first edition. hardcover. 8vo 552pp. collection of the letters of Henry Adams, author of Mont Saint Michel and Chartres, and The Education of Henry Adams among many other works of history and several novels. Covers the period of his life from age 20-53, his period of diplomacy as private secretary to his father, the US ambassador to England during the Civil War, his experience as a professor at Harvard and then journalist, with lacunae surrounding the suicide of his wife, but does include some letters to his longtime unconsummated lover Elizabeth Cameron. very good: wear to boards and spine, faded gilt lettering, remnants of bookplate evident on front paste down, some mild toning/spots of foxing on endpapers, corner tear on title page, text clean, binding tight. / no DJ. Item #933
#01014.
Price: $8.00