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This is Letters of Henry Adams (1858-1891) edited by Worthington Chauncey Ford. Published by Houghton Mifflin Co. in 1930, 552 pages. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Signed and inscribed by Ford in 1930. The topic of the book, Henry Brooks Adams (February 16, 1838 – March 27, 1918) " ...was an American historian and member of the Adams political family, being descended from two U.S. Presidents.
As a young Harvard graduate, he was secretary to his father, Charles Francis Adams, Abraham Lincoln's ambassador in London, a posting that had much influence on the younger man, both through experience of wartime diplomacy and absorption in English culture, especially the works of John Stuart Mill. After the American Civil War, he became a noted political journalist who entertained America's foremost intellectuals at his homes in Washington and Boston.
In his lifetime, he was best known for his History of the United States During the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, a 9-volume work, praised for its literary style.
His posthumously published memoirs, The Education of Henry Adams, won the Pulitzer Prize and went on to be named by the Modern Library as the top English-language nonfiction book of the 20th century..."
The editor, Worthington C. Ford "...was best known for his edited collections of a number of Founding Fathers documents, including "The writings of George Washington (14 Volumes)", "Alexander Hamilton's notes in the Federal convention of 1787", and "Writings of John Quincy Adams". He also edited collections of the correspondence of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and other figures in early American history. Ford's historical work was also notable for his tenure as chief of the newly established Manuscripts Division at the Library of Congress. During his time in charge, from 1903-1909, he organized a significant effort to photograph and copy manuscripts pertaining to early American history which resided in foreign archives (especially France, Britain, and Spain). In this way, copies of many documents which had been missing since 1812 or earlier were recovered. In addition, he edited and published the complete Journals of the Continental Congress, 1774-1789..." Hardcover, no dust jacket. Blue hardcovers are worn esp. at edges. Hinges are shaken, rear hinge is cracked. Lettering is rubbed, faded at spine. Signed, inscribed and dated by editor on flyleaf. Some pencil writing on rear endsheet. Pages are otherwise clean, toned, with minimal writing. Thanks for looking ! r84 |