The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, A Complete Nine-Volume Set

H. A. Washington, ed. THE WRITINGS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON: BEING HIS AUTOBIOGRAPHY, CORRESPONDENCE, REPORTS, MESSAGES, ADDRESSES, AND OTHER WRITINGS, OFFICIAL AND PRIVATE... New York: Derby & Jackson, 1859 (vols. I-V, VII-IX); New York: John C. Riker, 1857 (vol. VI). (9) volumes (complete). Uniformly bound in period half calf over marbled paper-covered boards, spines with gilt-lettered morocco labels, raised bands, and black-stamped rules and decoration, with marbled endpapers and all edges marbled. 8vo; viii, [2], 615, [1]; vi, [2], 598; vi, [1-3]-599, [1]; vii, [1], [1-3]-597, [1]; ix, [1], [1-3]-612; vi, [1-3]-611, [1]; viii, [1-3]-658; vii, [1], 607, [1]; [1-3]-4, [v]-vii, [4], 6-589, [1]pp. With in-text diagrams and illustrations; vol. I with engraved portrait frontispiece and fold-out facsimile draft of the Declaration of Independence.

Each 9 1/4 x 6 1/8 in.

A Private North Carolina Collection

With the autobiography, correspondence, reports, messages, addresses, and other writings of the third president of the United States.

Boards with light scuffing and spotting, typical wear to extremities, occasional peeling to leather, and spines with light wear including a few with minor damp stains; pages extremely clean with overall very mild toning and offsetting, a rare spot of grime or area of damp staining, and occasional foxing; a couple of volumes with light hinge cracking and edge wear; facsimile with spotting, vol. VII with small hole in rear endpaper, and vol. VIII with front endpapers attached at one corner. Easily very good. A solid and attractive set.