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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Brand New. 614 pages. 9.69x6.88x1.57 inches. In Stock.
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THE LIFE AND SPEECHES OF HENRY CLAY, VOLUME I and VOLUME II. [Complete set; Vol. One-1 & Vol. Two-2.]
Published by New York: Greeley & M'Elrath [Horace Greeley and Thomas McElrath], 1843., 1843
Seller: David Hallinan, Bookseller, Columbus, MS, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
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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LIFE AND SPEECHES OF HENRY CLAY
Published by Greeley & McElrath, Tribune Buildings, New York, 1843
Seller: Bartleby's Books, ABAA, Chevy Chase, MD, U.S.A.
Association Member: ABAA ESA ILAB IOBA
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
First edition. 8vo. 2 volumes. Portrait, illus. 307, xxvi; illus., fascimile letter, 597pp. Later three-quarter tan leather and marbled boards, endpapers, and edges, spine with raised bands and gilt decoration, red leather title and volume labels stamped in gilt. Very good. Swain had been Clay's secretary and his biography is one of the few contemporary accounts. Swain would learn the printing trade from Horace Greeley. (9148).
