Wants Man by John Quincy (15 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.5.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Gilt lettering on blue covers in a cream color pictorial slipcase. 8vo, 27pp. "A limited edition of one-thousand copies of this book have been printed at the press of A. Colish".

Cloth in Slip Case. Condition: Collectible-Very Good. No. 562 of 1000 copies. From the title page: "Written in 1840, first published in 1841, frequently reprinted, and now reissued with an Introduction by L. H. Butterfield." Gilt lettering book spine. Slip case decorated with illustration of Adams on front and rear; some smudges front cover. The Introduction notes that Adams "aspired to fame as a poet". Among his historical documents ."is a vast literary miscellany that includes verse composition books beginning in 1784, when he was sixteen or seventeen, and extending until his death in 1848, when he was approaching eighty-one".

hardback. Condition: Fine. A Poem. Introduction by L.H.Butterfield. Frontis. Barre (Imprint Soc.) 1972. One of 1000 copies, this one unnumbered. A fine copy in slipcase.

Hardback. Condition: Very Good. Limited Edition. Blue cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Slipcase rubbed and soiled. #244/1000 copies.

Hardcover. First Edition Thus. 27 pages. One of 1000 copies. Written in 1840 by the sixth President of the United States and first published in 1841. First edition thus. A fine hardcover copy; no dust jacket. In a fine slipcase illustrated with a black-and-white reproduction of the last photgraphic portrait of Adams. With the publisher's presentation slip laid in. Copy number 367.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No jacket. 2.25" x 3". 950cc.

Leather. Condition: Very Good. 64mo 3" - 4½" tall; 54 pages; Calf gilt, aeg, portrait. **Massmann # 20. Welsh #37.

Leather bound. Condition: Fine. 2 15/16" x 2 1/4", 54 pp,in an edition of 950 unnumbered copies. Full leather, with acorn and oakleaf motif and title stamped in gilt. Marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Printed in Spectrum type on Old Kentucky Linen paper by Joh. Enschede en Zonen Haarlem, Holland.

Hardback LEATHERBOUND. Condition: Fine Condition. Gilt lettering on cover plus gilt edges.

Leatherbound. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. A very handsome miniature book, produced by St. Onge in a limited edition of 950 copies, bound in full green leather, blind-stamped, all edges gilt, with marbled endpapers. The condition is virtually mint.ACHILLE J. ST. ONGE (1913?1978) was the greatest maker of miniature books in the 20th Century. Based in Worcester, Massachusetts, he began producing miniature volumes as a hobby in 1935. By the time he ceased in 1977, St. Onge had created 48 miniature masterpieces on an eclectic variety of subjects. The books all remain much-prized by collectors.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Limited Edition. Size: Miniature (3" x 2 1/4"). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Gilt-stamped green leather over boards, all text block edges gilded, 54 pages, one of an edition of 950. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1 lb 0 oz. Category: Poetry; Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 015354.