Published by Boston. Charles G. Little and James Brown, 1851
Seller: Riverby Books, Fredericksburg, VA, U.S.A.
Signed
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 6 volumes. This is a mixed set. Volumes 1 and 2 are from the Subscriber's Edition. Volumes 3-6 are from the trade edition. They are identical (both printed in 1851) except for a single page inserted at the front of volume 1 that says "Subscriber's Copy" with Webster's signature on it. Volumes 1 and 2 are faded and sunned. Volumes 3-6 are crisp and clean, with bright lettering on the spine. All bindings tight and text blocks tight and clean. Approx. 450 pages in each volume. The first two volume have early ownership names at the front "Theodore Dehon and Edward Blake. Volumes 3-6 have bookplates from W.P. Beckwith and ownership name "H.A. Brigham" on the front endpapers. Please email with questions or to request photos. Extra shipping will be required because this is a heavy 6 volume set. Signed by Author(s).
Published by Press of the Historical Society, New York, 1852
Seller: The First Edition Rare Books, LLC, Cincinnati, OH, U.S.A.
First Edition Signed
Original Wraps. Condition: Very good. Signed copy of An Address Delivered before the New York Historical Society by Daniel Webster. (illustrator). First Edition. Octavo, 57pp. Original green printed wrappers, disbound with remnants of binding along spine, string-bound inside. Errata slip tipped-in after page 57. Text pages clean except for some light foxing and a faint dampstain to the lower inside corner of the last few pages. Soiling to covers, chipping to corners and spine. Light crease down the center from handling. Inscription by the author on front cover: "Hon. J.D. Green, Cambridge - with my sincere regards / Danl Webster." The recipient of this pamphlet was most likely the Hon. James D. Green (1798-1882), Unitarian minister and first mayor of Cambridge, Massachusetts. Signed.