About this title: The Adams family was America's first family. This research-based text is a multigenerational biography of that family from the founding father, John, through to the mordant writer, Brooks.
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Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780195034455ISBN:0195034457
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Nice soft cover, lightly read, light shelf wear to cover, light agin g to pages, light creases on spine, stk #2520d9. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 432 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780195034455ISBN:0195034457
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. price written on cover pg, otherwise clean & tight; cover has light shelf wear, a bit heavier at lower spine, corners have small curls/creases, light scratches. 400 pgs, 0.79" x 8.95" x 6.01". read more
Edition: F
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press: New York w York 1983
Description: Dust Jacket Included. 1st edition Book is in very good condition with a "not for resale" stamp on top book edge. Dj is good with 2-inch long tear and smaller tears. A penetrating look at four generations of Adamses with all their foibles and warts 400 pages. read more
Edition: First paperback edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press; A Galaxy Book, Oxford and New York
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780195034455ISBN:0195034457
Description: Very Good. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. xiv, 400 pp., [17] pp. of plates, illus., bib. notes, index; 23 cm. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780195034455ISBN:0195034457
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Very Good+ trade paperback. First paperback ediiton, first printing, full number line. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 432 p. Audience: General/trade. Very Good+ trade paperback. First paperback edition, first printing, full number line. 400 pages. B&w illustrations. read more
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Oxford Univ., Many
Date Published: 1983
Description: Illustrated. Very Good in Good jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. JOHN ADAMS----------The jacket has some tears and wear. The hard cover has little wear.............Heavy book........ read more
Edition: Book Club Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: c1983
Description: Very Good+ in Very Good-dust jacket. Red end papers, several b/w photos, indexed, a nice clean, bright, solid copy, in a colorful dustjacket, in a new clear mylar DJ cover. read more
Edition: BC
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1983
Description: Very Good in Good+ dust jacket. All dust jackets are in Mylar acid-free protectors. Dust jacket condition is not reliable--pleas inquire if your would like a detailed description of the jacket condition. read more
Edition: Book Club (BCE/BOMC)
Binding: Cloth
Publisher: Oxford University Press, N. Y.
Date Published: 1983
Description: Illustrated. Very Good in Fair jacket. Hard Back. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. The hard cover has little wear....The jacket has tears......W. read more
Edition: First Paperback Edition {Second Printing
Binding: Pictorial Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780195034455ISBN:0195034457
Description: Fine. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. "The public lives of John Adams and his descendants made them America's nost distinguished family. But what of their private world? What was it like to be part of this eminent lineage" DESCENT FROM GLORY answers these questions in rich, perceptive detail, and chronicles the family's public achievements and private sorrows over four generations. " This book has 400 pages and is illustrated. The text contains NO internal marks whatsoever. read more
"Paul Nagel does it once more, with an absolutely spellbinding account of the lives of the John Adams family. I found it hard to put down, he makes the people come alive, and you feel you share in their joys and sorrows. He presents them in total reality, warts and all. A masterful author, one of the best I have every read."
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