ADAMS, JOHN
A Defence of the Constitutions of Government of the United States of America. Philadelphia: Budd and Bartram for William Cobbett, 1797. Third edition. Three volumes. Modern black cloth. 8 x 4 1/2 inches (20 x 11 cm); 392; 451; 528, index. Without frontispiece, stamps, early signatures and a leaf of manuscript at front of volume 1, light spotting; Together with ADAMS, JOHN. Novanglus and Massachusettensis; or political Essays, published in the years 1774 and 1775... Boston: 1819. First edition. Bound as above. 312 pp. Ink numbering to verso of title, otherwise fine; And A Collection of State Papers, relative to the first acknowledgment of the Sovereignty of the United States, and the reception of their Minister Plenipotentiary by their H. M. the States-general of the United Netherlands. London: Fielding, 1782. Disbound pamphlet. 100 pp. Stamp, ink notation. Sabin 229;
The third edition of Adams' Defence is considered the most complete edition and is the only printed during his presidency. For the first work: Howes A60; Evans 31689-31691