Porter William James Paulding (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Original publisher's beige paper pamphlet. Text printed in black ink. No date, circa 1860. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2." Thirty-six pages, complete. Pages are intact overall but have dampstains along bottom edges and at head of spine, some mold damage from said dampstains on the first few pages in front, light to moderate darkening, slight chipping limited to corners and edges, and a few wrinkles and creases. A Good copy. This is a tract containing Confederate propaganda promoting the Confederacy and the supposed right of Confederate states to secede from the Union. Page 3-24 contain William D. Porter's tract. Porter vocally and vehemently speaks against the Republican Party, federal government, and abolitionists. He names several contemporary historical figures including Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Douglas, and Gerrit Smith. Porter's tract is generally a rallying cry for the Southern states to secede. Pages 25-29 contain a printed version of a letter by James Kirke Paulding (1778-1860), the 11th United States Secretary of the Navy, in which he defends Southern slaveholding states and their rights. Paulding supported the institution of slavery and viewed abolitionists as adversaries to the Union. Pages 30-36 contain a manifesto declaring the Southern states' right to secede.

Original Wrappers. Condition: Good binding. First Edition. Octavo. 36 pp. In self-wrappers. This copy removed from binding with 5 holes in the inner margin; some abrasion and minor loss to the inner margin of the final leaf, not touching text; vertical fold through the pamphlet; contents clean. A pro-secession tract by the Southern politician and post-war lieutenant governor of South Carolina and issued by Charleston's "1860 Association," a group of wealthy slave-holders who moved to promote immediate secession. There are two states of this pamphlet according to Turnbull; one has Paulding's letter printed in finer type making this only 34 pp. This state is printed in consistently sized type. Howes P-489; Turnbull III, 317; Sabin 64321.

Softcover. Condition: Good. First edition. Octavo. 1860 Association, Tract, No. 2. Stitched self-wrappers. 36pp. Light scattered foxing, toning, good. A pro-secession tract consisting of three titles. The first is by William Dennison Porter, an influential South Carolina state senator, the second by James Paulding, a former Secretary of the Navy, and the third is anonymous, by "States." *Sabin* 64321n.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 46 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1860 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set and contains approximately 48 pages. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English.