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Books by Henry Adams






Democracy(Reprint)
An American Novel (Penguin Classics)
by Henry Adams, Earl N. Harbert
Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2008 by Penguin Classics
Mobipocket_Ebook
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-303980-8, ISBN: 0-14-303980-6

"An instant bestseller when first published in 1880, Democracy is the quintessential American political novel. At its heart is Madeleine Lee, a young widow who comes to Washington, D.C., to understand the workings of power. Pursued by Silas Ratcliffe, the most influential member of the Senate, Madeleine soon sees enough of power and its corrupting influence to last her a lifetime.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading ..."






The Jeffersonian Transformation
Passages From The "History" (New York Review Books Classics)
by Henry Adams, Garry Wills
Paperback, 240 Pages, Published 2006 by Nyrb Classics
ISBN-13: 978-1-59017-215-5, ISBN: 1-59017-215-9

"A New York Review Books OriginalThe ideal introduction and companion to Adams’s "massive and magisterial" history of the administrations of Jefferson and Madison, presenting an indelible picture of America’s startling rise to world power.Henry Adams’s nine-volume History of the United States of America During the Administrations of Jefferson and Madison is the first great history of America as well as the first great American work of h ..."






Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
(Paperback or Softback)
by Henry Adams, Mint Editions
Paperback, 358 Pages, Published 2020 by Mint Editions
ISBN-13: 978-1-5132-6770-8, ISBN: 1-5132-6770-1

"With whimsical description and meditative reflection, Henry Adams tells the story of the construction, background, and cultural implications of two grand cathedrals built during the French Gothic period."






Democracy
(Paperback)
by Henry Adams
Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2012 by Smk Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-61720-607-8, ISBN: 1-61720-607-5

"Democracy is a novel about political power, its acquisition, use and abuse. It is set at the beginning of a new administration, with the election campaign just over and the new President of the United States just having been elected. However, all the characters depicted are entirely fictitious"






Chapters of Erie
by Henry Adams, Charles Francis Adams
Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2002 by Waveland Pr Inc
ISBN-13: 978-1-57766-251-8, ISBN: 1-57766-251-2






Esther(Updated)
(Penguin Classics)
by Henry Adams, Lisa Macfarlane, Contributor-Lisa Macfarlane
Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 1999 by Penguin Classics
ISBN-13: 978-0-14-044754-5, ISBN: 0-14-044754-7

"Best known for his classic American memoir, The Education of Henry Adams, Henry Adams was one of the most lively, probing writers between the Civil War and World War I. An offspring of presidents, Adams was steeped in the intellectual and moral traditions of the eighteenth century yet became an enthusiast of the energy, science, and industry of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.Esther -- originally published in 1884 unde ..."






History of the United States of America during the Administrations of James Madison(Updated)
Volume 2 (The Library of America) (v. 2)
by Henry Adams
Hardcover, 1,456 Pages, Published 1987 by Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-32484-7, ISBN: 0-521-32484-X

"--Notes on the texts, p. 1428"






Albert Gallatin
(American statesmen series)
by Henry Adams
Paperback, 304 Pages, Published 1983 by Chelsea House
ISBN-13: 978-0-87754-194-3, ISBN: 0-87754-194-9

"Book by Adams, Henry"






Democracy(3rd Edition)
An American Novel (Meridian)
by Henry Adams, Henry D. Aiken
Paperback, 192 Pages, Published 1983 by Plume
ISBN-13: 978-0-452-00942-4, ISBN: 0-452-00942-1

"Adams, Henry, Democracy: An American Novel"






Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres(1st Edition)
A Study of Thirteenth-Century Unity (Princeton Paperbacks)
by Henry Adams, Ralph Adams Cram, Ansel Adams, Peter Wright, John Hersey, John Armor
Paperback, 402 Pages, Published 1982 by Princeton University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-691-00335-1, ISBN: 0-691-00335-1

"This first paperback facsimile of the classic 1913 edition includes thirteen photographs and numerous illustrations of the great cathedrals of Northern France. Henry Adams referred to this book as "A Study of Thirteenth-Century Unity," and its expansive scope, together with the author's deep understanding of the period, makes it a classic in art history as well as in American literature. He wrote, "I wanted to show the intensity of the ..."






Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
by Henry Adams
Published 1959 by Doubleday / Anchor
ISBN-13: 978-1-199-67319-0, ISBN: 1-199-67319-6






United States in 1800(1st Edition)
(Cornell Paperbacks)
by Henry Adams
Paperback, 142 Pages, Published 1955 by Cornell University Press
ISBN-13: 978-0-8014-9014-9, ISBN: 0-8014-9014-6

"The United States in 1800 by Henry Adams comprises the first six chapters of his magnum opus, History of the United States of America during the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. In this volume, Adams explains how personalities and events of the period shaped American national development. Adams's historical masterpiece (most specifically the first six chapters) so fittingly presents what America is all about. It no ..."






History of the United States During the Administrations of James Madison(1st Edition)
(Library of America Series)
by Henry Adams, Earl N. Harbert, Henry Brooks Adams, Christoph Irmscher, John James Audobon, Vv.Aa, James. Adams
Hardcover, 1,436 Pages, Published 1986 by Library Of America
ISBN-13: 978-0-940450-35-6, ISBN: 0-940450-35-6

"This monumental work, the second of two Library of America volumes, culminated Henry Adams’s lifelong fascination with the American past. Writing at the height of his powers, Adams understood the true subject as the consolidation of the American nation and character, and his treatment has never been surpassed.Covering the eight years spanning the presidency of James Madison, this volume chronicles “Mr. Madison’s War”—the most bungled wa ..."






The Beal Collection of American Art
by Henry Adams
Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 1994 by Carnegie Museum Store
ISBN-13: 978-0-88039-025-5, ISBN: 0-88039-025-5






Art for the People
WPA-Era Paintings from the Djikstra Collection
by Scott Shields, Susan Anderson, Henry Adams
Published 2023
ISBN-13: 978-1-884038-03-7, ISBN: 1-884038-03-4

"Catalogue of work from the 1930s and 1940s from the Collection of Sandra and Bram Djikstra"






Democracy
An American Novel
by Henry Adams
174 Pages, Published 2021 by Graphic Arts Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-5132-9381-3, ISBN: 1-5132-9381-8

"With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Henry Adams’ Democracy: An American Novel is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers."






Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
by Henry Adams
358 Pages, Published 2020 by Graphic Arts Books
ISBN-13: 978-1-5132-7270-2, ISBN: 1-5132-7270-5

"... Ne fer ne chose tant soit dure, Car il gaste tout et menjue; Li tens qui tote chose mue, Qui tout fait croistre et tout norist, Et qui tout use et tout porrist. The tyme that passeth nyght and daye. And restelesse travayleth aye, And steleth from us so ..."






Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
by Henry Adams
Hardcover, Published 2020 by Andesite Press
ISBN-13: 978-1-297-54584-9, ISBN: 1-297-54584-2






A Letter to American Teachers of History
by Henry Adams
Hardcover
ISBN-13: 978-1-116-15410-8, ISBN: 1-116-15410-2






John Randolph
by Henry Adams
Paperback, Published by Amereon
ISBN-13: 978-0-89190-526-4, ISBN: 0-89190-526-X



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