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Tue, Jun 26, 2018 08:30PM EDT
Lot 100

Carpetbag Rule in Florida.

Estimate: $500 - $700

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Wallace, John. Carpetbag Rule in Florida. Jacksonville: Da Costa Printing and Publishing House, 1888. Rebound in red cloth with gilt title on spine. Two portrait plates present. 8vo. Lacking end matter (frontispiece, title, preface), last page of appendix repaired, rubbing to boards, spine cocked. Original photograph affixed to front pastedown and FFEP, surrounded by pencil annotations. Photograph depicts a group of Reconstruction-era politicians and prominent figures ? including Harriet Beecher Stowe ? in front of the Florida capitol building. Typed transcription of annotation included. Scarce.