Title: A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America Author: Adams, John Place: London Publisher: C. Dilly Date: 1787 Description: [2], xxxi, [1], [3]-392 pp. 8¼x5, later full calf with gilt-lettered morocco spine label. First Edition. Important series of letters from the American patriot, comparing the constitutions of the various states of the Union, and of the Union itself, with those of foreign countries and ancient cultures. This volume is complete in itself, as published, but there were two additional volumes published the following year along with a reprinting of the first, with slightly differing title. This copy untrimmed and in the original boards, rare thus. Howes A60; Sabin 233. Lot Amendments Condition: Moderate wear to extremities, joints starting; hinges cracked, period name in ink on front pastedown, verso of title page, and pp. i; scattered light foxing; very good. Item number: 207523
Title: A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America Author: Adams, John Place: London Publisher: C. Dilly Date: 1787 Description: [2], xxxi, [1], [3]-392 pp. 8¼x5, later full calf with gilt-lettered morocco spine label. First Edition. Important series of letters from the American patriot, comparing the constitutions of the various states of the Union, and of the Union itself, with those of foreign countries and ancient cultures. This volume is complete in itself, as published, but there were two additional volumes published the following year along with a reprinting of the first, with slightly differing title. This copy untrimmed and in the original boards, rare thus. Howes A60; Sabin 233. Lot Amendments Condition: Moderate wear to extremities, joints starting; hinges cracked, period name in ink on front pastedown, verso of title page, and pp. i; scattered light foxing; very good. Item number: 207523
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