-This is a massive 3-volume scholarly collection of foreign policy documents from the early years of the American republic (1780-1789).
-Publisher is the National Historic Publications and Records Commission.
-Printer is the U. S. Government Printing Office.
-Publication date for all volumes is 1996.
-The collection's title is The Emerging Nation: A Documentary History of the Foreign Relations of the United States under the Articles of Confederation, 1780-1789.
-Includes documents in their original English, and documents translated into English from their original French and Spanish.
-Primary editors (for all volumes):
  • Editor-in-Chief and Project Director: Mary A. Giunta.
  • Associate Editor: J. Dane Hartgrove.
  • Consulting Editors: Norman A. Graebner, Peter P. Hill, and Lawrence S. Kaplan
-All volumes include illustrations and maps, gathered together and printed in black-and-white.
-All volumes have the standard, expected scholarly features, including prefaces, introductions, notes on sources and editorial methodology, and indexes.
-Page extents:
  • Vol. 1: xx + 1022
  • Vol. 2: xxi + 1057
  • Vol. 3: xxi + 1001
-ISBNs:
  • Vol. 1: 978-0-16-048498-8
  • Vol. 2: 978-0-16-048499-5
  • Vol. 3: 978-0-16-048500-8
-All three volumes have a consistent, matching design inside and out. Trim size is 6"x9.25". Volumes are bound in dark blue fabric, with gold stamping on the front and spine. Other features include blue and yellow headbands and printed endpapers.
-Condition: All in all, these books are in very good shape. They appear to have been handled and stored with care. Bindings on all volumes are strong, with mostly sharp corners on the boards and square book blocks. Inside pages are clean, with no markings or dogears. Volume 2 looks like it has been dropped--with some visible dings to the back board and the cloth at the bottom of the spine. See the final photos for details.