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[AMERICANA]. Group of 11 Titles in 17 Volumes and Three Signed Letters by American Politicians [V.p., ca. 19th - 20th centuries].

Estimate: $300 - $500
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[AMERICANA]. Group of 11 Titles in 17 Volumes [and:] Three Signed Letters by American Politicians [V.p., ca. 19th - 20th centuries]. 12mos and 8vos. Publisher's bindings. VARIOUS EDITIONS.

Condition

Generally worn, soiled, scuffed, occasional ownership markings, a few items with loose pages. Generally good. 

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Titles include: Shakspere Personal Recollections by Col. John A. Joyce (inscribed by Joyce on the dedication page); Border Reminiscences by Randolph B. Marcy (rebacked and re-cornered in leather); Records of Later Life by Frances Ann Kemble; Official Register of the Officers and Cadets of the U. S. Military Academy, West Point June, 1850 (lacks wrappers, a few loose pages); The Foundation of Maryland and the Origin of the Act Concerning Religion by Bradley T. Johnson (inscribed by Johnson, wrappers heavily worn, chipped, ex-library); The Knickerbocker Magazine October 1854 (wrappers worn, signed by lawyer Frederic de Peyster); Captain Gustavus Conygham by Charles Henry Jones (signed by General William Watts Hart Davis on bookplate); Proceedings in the Supreme Court of the United States on the Death of Jeremiah S. Black (lacks rear wrapper); West Point Life (heavily worn, preliminary pages lacking, several loose pages of this illustrated satirical poem of academy life); Practical Strategy, as Illustrated by the Achievements  of the Austrian Field Marshal Traun (inscribed by the author, Frederic de Peyster); The Lives of the Lord Chancellors (second American edition, 7 volumes, with the ownership signature of Confederate General Eppa Hunton). [With:] 3 autograph letters signed, including letters by orator and Secretary of State Edward Everett, Senator Robert C. Winthrop, and Senator Henry L. Dawes.