1994, ISBN: 9780850336702

Hamden, Conn: Archon Books, 1994. Reprint edition. Hardcover. Near fine in near fine jacket In archival mylar sleeve; jacket spine mildly sunned./Near Fine. Quarto in dark grey-brown pi… More...

Hamden, Conn: Archon Books, 1994. Reprint edition. Hardcover. Near fine in near fine jacket In archival mylar sleeve; jacket spine mildly sunned./Near Fine. Quarto in dark grey-brown pictorial jacket; xiv, 929 pages: illustrations ; 24 cm; bibliographical references (pages 647-892) and index. Weighs 3 lbs 3 oz before packing. Continues: Both Sides of the Ocean. "This Second Volume of the life of Henry Adams tells a rounded story of a man, a marriage, the epic history he wrote, and the covert role he played in the politics of late nineteenth-century America. Based on new evidence - unpublished, unrecognized, or misinterpreted letters and writings of Adams, and information from people who knew him personally - it gives a startlingly different picture and an unexpectedly new experience of Adams's life. This book, a continuation of volume one, Both Sides of the Ocean: A Biography of Henry Adams, His First Life, 1838-1862, follows Henry into his matured years - first as a Harvard professor, later as a writer and behind-the-scenes Washington power. With his marriage to Marian (Clover) Hooper in 1872, his story becomes the biography of a remarkable union, shattered by Clover's suicide in 1885. Mr. Chalfant documents a respectful and tender partnership that strengthened Adams and enabled him to continue his work in spite of the devastation of his wife's death. This is also a book about Adams's History of the United States: its conception and growth; how it came to be published; what it says that is important and new; and how it consciously draws on earlier epics - Homer's Iliad and Milton's Paradise Lost - in creating an American mythology. Mr. Chalfant is also the first to disclose and delve into Henry Adams's secret actions as diplomat, politician, interceder in presidential elections (from 1868 to 1884), discoverer of the full nature of the gold conspiracy of 1869 with its attendant impeachable offenses and murder, and successful opponent of a putative Blaine administration. The extraordinary scope of this book takes in a whole world - not only of national politics and diplomacy, but also finance, invention, literature, history, science, art, architecture, travel, and exploration. New perspectives on Napoleon, Albert Gallatin, J.Q. Adams, Karl Marx, Jay Gould, Ulysses and Julia Grant, Congressman Garfield, architect H.H. Richardson, as well as Henry's friends John Hay, Clarence King, and Elizabeth Cameron, among others, filter through the rich fabric of Adams's life and times."- Publisher. Historiens -- États-Unis -- Biographies. Historians. Adams, Henry, 1838-1918., Archon Books, 1994, 4, Chichester : Phillimore, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Physical description; xvii, 205 p. : ill., maps, facsims., ports., 1 geneal table ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes index. Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary; Maynard Keynes was a remarkable man. His teaching and writings dominated economic thinking during the middle of the 20th century throughout the world, and put him in the same class as Adam Smith or Karl Marx as a thinker whose theories influenced academic opinion and government action on a global scale. The author is a first cousin of the great man and inherited family records stretching over two centuries. These include diaries, letters and books. From this material he has been able to make a detailed study of Keynes?s ancestry. Subjects; Brown family. Ford family. Keynes family. Keynes, John Maynard (1883-1946) - Family. Keynes, John Maynard Baron Keynes (1883-1946). Keynesian economics. England - Genealogy. Economics - Keynes, John Maynard - (1883-1946) - Biographies. Family history ; Genealogy, heraldry, names and honours. Reference / Genealogy & HeraldryGenres; Biography. Illustrated., Chichester : Phillimore, 1988, 0<

1988, ISBN: 9780850336702

Hardcover

Chichester, Great Britain: Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1st edition. 203 pages including d… More...

Chichester, Great Britain: Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1988. First Edition . Hardcover. Very Good+/Very Good. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1st edition. 203 pages including detailed index. 4to. Well illustrated throughout with detailed family trees including those on end papers. Gives an account of the maternal ancestors of J.M. Keynes (Maynard Keynes). The author is a first cousin of the great economist and inherited family records covering two centuries. A fascinating and detailed account. Original attractive red cloth gilt binding (very bright). Very Good+ in Very Good attractive pictorial dust wrapper. MAY REQUIRE EXTRA POSTAGE OUTSIDE UK., Phillimore & Co Ltd, 1988, 3<

1988, ISBN: 9780850336702

Hardcover

Other, Used-Very Good. VG hardback in VG dust jacket. A tidy copy in tight binding., [ED: 1], Chichester, [PU: Phillimore]

ISBN: 9780850336702

Hardback. Good., 2.5