The March of Democracy: The Rise of the Union.
New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1933. Hardcover. Small 4to. Tan cloth with gilt and red decorations, pictorial dust jacket. xvi, 428pp. Tipped-in frontispiece (unique to this copy), numerous illustrations, decorative endpapers. Near fine/very good. Mild jacket edgewear. Item #20526
Second printing, tight and handsome, of the first volume (only) of this multi-volume U.S. overview and in the seldom-seen lovely jacket. Choice autograph addition: Tipped to inner flyleaf is a fine Typed Note Signed from Adams, 1p, 8½" X 5½", Southport, CT, 7 November 1940. Addressed to noted Lincoln/Civil War scholar Arnold F. Gates (1914-93). On his imprinted letterhead, Adams tells this admirer "Thank you so much for your letter of October 18th which happened to be written on my birthday and which I greatly appreciated." Signed boldly in full in black ink. An all-around sharp and unusual copy.
Price: $75.00