Teachings of Patriots and Statesmen; or the 'Founders of the Republic' on Slavery
J. W Bradley, 1861. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. 8vo. pp 495, [1], Adverts 3-18. Publisher's black cloth binding, title in gilt on spine, cover with traditional American Bald Eagle clutching arrows and olive branches and bearing 'E Pluribus Unum' banner in beak, in gilt. Heavy wear to edges of binding, but book square and tight and binding holding. Steel-engraved frontispiece portrait of George Washington with original tissue-guard; both with mild foxing. Textually clean with only a few contemporary pencil markings in the endpapers. Small amount of foxing scattered mostly in front half of book. Ezra Chase (1827-1864) was a Pennsylvania Lawyer and the states younges Speaker of the House of Representatives. Very Good. Item #15185
Price: $150.00