Item Details:

• Title: Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation, a Biography
• Author:Merrill D. Peterson
• Publisher: The Easton Press
• Copyright: 1987
• Edition: Special Easton Press Edition

• Title: The Writings of Thomas Jefferson
• Editor:Saul K. Padover
• Publisher: The Easton Press
• Copyright: 1967
• Edition: Special Easton Press Edition

Condition:

• Books are in good condition
• Covers have some damage: scuffing, soiling, and shelf-wear
  • The New Nation has some tarnishing of cover design
• Writings is slightly cocked
• Text blocks are entirely gilded with some scratching and scuffing
  • The New Nation has staining on text block
• Books have bookplates on front pastedown
  • Front free-ends have embossed symbol on lower corners
• New Nation has occasional staining in margins
  • Both books have a symbol embossed on a central page on lower corner
  • Pages are otherwise bright, clean, intact, and legible
• Bindings are tight and sturdy
• Writings has included newspaper ephemera on page 44
• Both books have ribbon bookmark with creasing