Author: JEFFERSON, THOMAS; (EDITED BY KOCH, ADRIENNE; PEDEN, WILLIAM)
Title: The Life and Selected Writings of Thomas Jefferson (Modern Library #234. 1)
Description: New York: The Modern Library / Random House, [c.1959-60]. Hardcover. This Modern Library compilation includes Thomas Jefferson's "Autobiography", "The Declaration of Independence", "Biographical Sketches of Famous Men" as well as essays, journals, public papers and much more. Edited and with an introduction by Adrienne Koch & William Peden. Indexed. Image of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington on jacket. --- In Toledano spine 8 / red cloth / gilt titling on black spine & cover blocks / black topstain / grey Kent endpapers / jacket style i, verso lists 388 titles in ML catalog. Likely published c.1959-60 (though 1944 date appears in book). ML #234.1. --- A sound copy, sturdy and tightly-bound though with a few discreet pencilings and spotting to topstain. Unclipped dust jacket with a few spots of soiling and with some creasing and rubbing but remaining intact and wrapped in removable archival mylar protector.; 12mo - 7 to 7-1/2 in. tall; xliv, 756 pages. Very Good- in Good dust jacket .

Keywords: >>Modern Library Editions >>Biography, Autobiography, Memoir >>Us Presidents >>American History & Politics