The Education of Henry Adams

New York: The Modern Library, 1946; (1918). 12 mo in gray buckram, gilt titles; dust jacket; 517 pp; 17 cm Very good in good(+) dust jacket; boards smooth, faint discoloration to top and tail of spine, corners square; book plate affixed to free endpaper, inscription inked to flyleaf, else pages clean; binding tight; dust jacket shows shelf wear and rubbing to covers, mild chipping to spine, small sticker affixed to interior flap, jacket is protected in archival mylar. Faint traces of four neat lines of red pencil to a single page preface. Hardcover.

Records the struggle of Bostonian Henry Adams, in his later years, to come to terms with the dawning 20th century, so different from the world of his youth. It is also a sharp critique of 19th-century educational theory and practice. Classic Americana. | Introduction by James Truslow Adams