THE LIFE AND SPEECHES OF HENRY CLAY, VOLUME I and VOLUME II. [Complete set; Vol. One-1 & Vol. Two-2.]

Clay, Henry, Sr., 1777-1852. James B. Swain [James Barrett Swain], 1820-1895 (editor). H.A. Bagby - Harry Ashby Bagby, 1863-1945 (past owner).

Published by New York: Greeley & M'Elrath [Horace Greeley and Thomas McElrath], 1843.

About this Item

Complete two volume set. Hardcovers: H 22.5cm x L 15.25cm. Contemporary quarter cloth bindings - green cloth spines with brown paper boards. Shallow chipping to frayed spine ends; vertical slender stain at center of Vol. I spine; both volumes' spines retain bright gilt title lettering (very good shelf presence); boards' exterior cosmetics a bit wanting with strong toning, soiling, some peeling/abrasions, and stains; board edges worn particularly at corners. Inelegant consecutively numbered personal library bookplate for H.A. Bagby (provenance descended in family of Reverend Harry Ashby Bagby, 1863-1945 of Greenwood, South Carolina) affixed to each volume's respective front pastedown. Toning and foxing to leaves with occasional stains and soiling. *****VOLUME I: i-vi, 7-307, [1], i-xxvi pages. With frontispiece b/w portrait and foldout facsimile letter. ***** VOLUME II: 597, [1], [8] pages. Missing portions at bottoms of front free endpaper and front flyleaf; two frontispiece b/w illustrations but with second one having tear at lower fore-edge corner affecting caption text. Publisher's eight page catalog at rear. ***** Please note that this set has an approximate shipping weight of 3.5 pounds (1.58 kg) and may require additional postage for any postal class other than domestic Media Mail.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE LIFE AND SPEECHES OF HENRY CLAY, VOLUME I and VOLUME II. [Complete set; Vol. One-1 & Vol. Two-2.]
• Publisher: New York: Greeley & M'Elrath [Horace Greeley and Thomas McElrath], 1843.
• Binding: Hardcover
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