Home of American Statesmen; With Anecdotical, Personal, and Descriptive Sketches

[Collection of Authors]

Verlag: G. P. Putnam and Co., New York, 1854

Beschreibung

22 x 15.5 cm. Octavo. 469pp. Bound in original tooled brown leather. 5 raised bands to spine. Engraved title page, frontispiece photo, vignettes, facsimile letters. Gilt foredges. Corners are bumped, edges are rubbed. Scattered foxing, mostly to prelims. Remants of two bookplates on back side of frontispiece and title page. Name on title page, gift inscription on front free endpapers. Front gutter starting but binding still tight and holding. This is the first American book published with an original photograph. The salt print of John Hancock's house in Boston is captioned in pencil manuscript in each copy of the book. The blind stamp "Patent Crystallotype" suggests that hte picture originated from the studio of John Whipple, who entered the American patent (7458) for photographs on glass. - The Truthful Lens pg. 27. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 71189

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Home of American Statesmen; With Anecdotical...

Verlag: G. P. Putnam and Co., New York

Erscheinungsdatum: 1854

Einband: Full Leather

Zustand: Good

Auflage: First edition.