The Age of Jackson

New York: Book-of-the-Month Club, 1989. Cloth, xxxii, 577 pages, [24] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Ribbon bookmark. Issued in a slipcase. "The outgrowth of a series of lectures entitled 'A reinterpretation of Jacksonian democracy' delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston in the fall of 1941" - Acknowledgments. First published 1945. With a new introduction by the author; illustrations for this edition selected by Joan Paterson Kerr. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Slipcase with light shelfwear. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "This volume, by the great American historian Arthur M. Schlesinger embraces the the Age of Andrew Jackson from its inception to its influence upon the history of our country. It captures the historical, cultural, economic and political life of the United States as it grew from Jefferson's day to the violent early eruptions of financial and industrial forces that threatened the basic principles of our constitutional democracy." - Publisher.. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo.