[Rarebooks] FS: John Quincy Adams's ORATION ON THE LIFE OF LAFAYETTE, Inscribed

[Charles Agvent]

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ADAMS,  John Quincy. ORATION ON THE LIFE AND CHARACTER OF  GILBERT
MOTIER  DE  LAFAYETTE....  Washington: Gales and  Seaton  1835.  First
Edition.  Contemporary  full red straight-grained morocco  nicely  and
professionally  rebacked.  Original blue wrappers bound in.  INSCRIBED
and    SIGNED   on  the  front   blue  wrapper:   "The   Lawrenceville
Lyceum/from/John Quincy  Adams."  Books inscribed by Adams  are  quite
uncommon.   This title  is most often found signed on  a  presentation
slip  pasted  in  rather than in the actual book as it  is here.   The
first  child of a president to become a president, the first president
to  be  a published poet, and the first president to be  photographed,
Adams  was certainly one of our most intelligent presidents and one of
the  greatest  humanitarians to hold that office.  He is perhaps  best
known  for two accomplishments outside his term: the authorship of the
Monroe  Doctrine  as  secretary of state and  his  heroic,  successful
argument  before the Supreme Court to free the Amistad slaves.  On the
first  blank  is an ink Lyceum Library notation dated 1836, and  there
is  a faint "withdrawn" stamp on the front endpaper well below Adams's
writing.  Also below it are a number of pencil names.  At the rear are
two pencil notations noting Adams's presenting the book to the  Lyceum
on 19 March 1836. Near Fine and scarce.                     $12,500.00

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