The Americans by Boorstin, Colonial Experience, First Edition (15 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Assumed First Edtion. 434 Pages Indexed. Vintage No. V-513. Many pages are lightly age-tanned near the borders. Covers show some light wear to edges. Pages are tight as in a book never used. This is the first of a Trilogy titles The Americans; The other titles The National Experience and The Democratic Experience. This is a panorama of live in america from the first settlements on through the white-hot days of the Revolution. Winner of the Bancroft Prize. Contents in Four Books: The Vision and the Reality, Viewpoints and Institutions, Language and the Printed Word, and Warfare and Diplomacy. The book is further divided into 13 Parts: A City Upon a Hill, The Inward Plantation, Victims of Philanthropy, Transplanters, An Ameerican Frame of Mind, Educating the Community, The Learned Lose Their Monopolies, New World Medicine, The Limits of American Science, The lNew Uniformity, Culture Without a Capital, A Cnservative Press, and A Nation of Minute Men. Plus Biographical Notes.

Paperback. Condition: Average. First Edition. . 487 pages, paper browned.

Soft cover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. 1st Edition. Well documented alternative history of colonial America winner of the Bancroft Prize 1959,a superb panorama of life in America. some pages with slight tears, faded pages.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. 1965 Pelican Paperback 1st Edition 1st Impression. Very good clean tight binding with wonderful 60's cover design as shown. Appears unread.

hardcover. Condition: good. Dust Jacket Condition: very good(-). First. 434pp. 8vo, blue cloth, d.w. chipped and lightly soiled, top edge of all pages dampstained. New York: Random House, (1958). From the library of Wendell Garrett with his embossed stamp on the front flyleaf and his pencil marks in some margins.

Softcover. First Edition; First Printing. Very Good+ in wraps. Spine slightly cocked. Creasing on spine. ; From the personal collection of notable photojournalist Ted Spiegel, known for his work with National Geographic and his portrait of John F. Kennedy.

Early printing of the final volume in Boorstin's The Americans series. Octavo, original cloth. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Jim Wooley - fellow Oklahoman and explorer of American history - with warm regards from Dan Boorstin July 30, 1973." Fine in a near fine dust jacket. American historian at the University of Chicago Daniel J. Boorstin wrote on a wide variety of topics in American and world history and was instrumental in the creation of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress. Boorstin's writings emphasized the unity of the American people and especially praised inventors and entrepreneurs as central to the American success story. The Americans: The Colonial Experience explores the years between the arrival of the Pilgrims and America's Declaration of Independence.

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. xii + 434 pp., bibliographical notes, index. The first volume in Boorstin's acclaimed three vol. series on American History. First printing. Signed presentation on the f.f.e.p., "For Carl Hodgdon - collector of American history and fellow student of American life. With warm regards from a fellow Tulsan. Daniel J. Boorstin, Nov. 8, 1958. Tulsa." Blue cloth bound hard cover book in v.g. to near fine cond. There is some very sl. darkening in the gutter both front & back. The d/w is also v.g. cond., not price-clipped. Not ex-lib., no markings or underlinings. Signed by Author(s).

Later printing of the final volume in Boorstin's The Americans series. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "For Lydia A. Bogdoyan with admiration and warm regards from Daniel J. Boorstin Sept 23, 1976." Fine in a near fine price-clipped dust jacket. American historian at the University of Chicago Daniel J. Boorstin wrote on a wide variety of topics in American and world history and was instrumental in the creation of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress. Boorstin's writings emphasized the unity of the American people and especially praised inventors and entrepreneurs as central to the American success story. The Americans: The Colonial Experience explores the years between the arrival of the Pilgrims and America's Declaration of Independence.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First Printing (stated). Signed and inscribed by author on ffep to Fairfax M. Cone (founding chairman of Foote, Cone & Belding, one of the preeminent American Ad executives of the 20th Century). Fairfax Cone nameplate attached to front pastedown. Blue full-cloth boards with blue, white and gold titling on spine & blue topstain. Flaws: rear board corner is creased at top - front hinge is moderately rubbed but secure/NOT torn - pastedowns are toned and have several very tiny scattered black spots - moderate shelfwear at bottom edges of boards. Binding is clean and unmarked throughout. Photos avail upon request. Inscribed by Author(s).

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine, Leather Bound. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. ; First Easton Press Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box.

Hardcover. First Edition; First Printing. Near Fine, Leather Bound. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints to ensure the highest quality binding. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines. ; First Easton Press Edition.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; All domestic orders shipped protected in a Box.

Leather bound. Condition: Near fine. Signed presentation copy of The Americans: The Democratic Experience by Daniel J. Boorstin, from "The President's Visit To Bermuda" in 1991. (illustrator). Presentation Edition. Octavo, [xiv], 717pp, [3]. Full brown morocco, title in gilt on spine, decorative raised bands, presidential seal on cover. Top edge dyed blue. Some shelf wear. Purchased at The Strand bookstore in 2015, in New York City. Inscribed on presidential bookplate affixed to front endpaper: "The President's Visit To Bermuda / March 15-17, 1991 / With best wishes and appreciation, George Bush / President of the United States." President George H.W. Bush spent three days in Bermuda in March 1991, meeting with British Prime Minister John Major, at what was titled "The Bermuda Summit." This copy of The Americans: The Democratic Experience was specially bound in full leather for intimates of the Bush family, including his son Neil Bush, General Colin Powell, former President Jimmy Carter, and others. During their time in the White House, the Bush family had five books rebound as gifts for the holiday season, including: The Americans: The Democratic Experience by Daniel J. Boorstin, The Americans: The National Experience by Daniel J. Boorstin, The Americans: The Colonial Experience by Daniel J. Boorstin, Inaugural Addresses: 1789-1989, and Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus. All were inscribed by President Bush on bookplates, from 1989-1992.

Leather bound. Condition: Fine. Signed presentation copy of The Americans: The National Experience by Daniel J. Boorstin, a Christmas gift from President George H.W. Bush in 1991 to White House Social Secretary, Laurie Firestone. (illustrator). Presentation Edition. Octavo, [8], 517pp, [1]. Full red leather, title in gilt on spine, decorative raised bands, presidential seal on cover. The recipient's name in gilt on front cover. Includes laid-in card from the White House and gold ribbon affixed to the rear pastedown. Inscribed on a presidential bookplate affixed to front endpaper: "To Laurie Firestone / Merry Christmas / George Bush." Laurie Firestone served as Social Secretary to President and Mrs. George H.W. Bush during both the eight-year term as Vice President and the following four-year term as President. She wrote "An Affair to Remember: State Dinners for Home Entertaining," a memoir of her time at the White House. This copy of The Americans: The National Experience was specially bound in full leather for intimates of the Bush family, including his son Neil Bush, General Colin Powell, former President Jimmy Carter, and others. During their time in the White House, the Bush family had five books rebound as gifts for the holiday season, including: The Americans: The Democratic Experience by Daniel J. Boorstin, The Americans: The National Experience by Daniel J. Boorstin, The Americans: The Colonial Experience by Daniel J. Boorstin, Inaugural Addresses: 1789-1989, and Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus. All were inscribed by President Bush on bookplates, from 1989-1992.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 1st Edition. First editions and Volume 3 states it. Texts are clean and unmarked. DJ of Volume 1, The Colonial Experience, is slightly off-center with minor imperfections but remains in Very Good condition. DJ of Volume 2, The National Experience, is unclipped and in excellent condition; DJ of Volume 3, The Democratic Experience, has been clipped and has a tear of the front page that has been taped on the inside. No international shipment of these heavy volumes and the price includes the additional postage that will be necessary for domestic shipment.