The Old Regime and the Revolution by Alexis de Tocqueville

The Old Regime and the Revolution

Alexis de Tocqueville
John Donner, translator

Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1856

Early American edition. No date on title page.  Condition: near fine. Maroon cloth cover, blindstamped, gilt lettering on spine. Includes archival mylar jacket. Wear to ends of spine. Pristine interior, only the slightest yellowing. Binding is good, pages firmly affixed.  Tocqueville's foundational analysis of the French regime and the revolution that toppled it. A pleasing copy with remarkably few defects.