[CIVIL WAR]. [BROWN, John (1800-1859), subject]. [SANBORN, F. B. (1831-1917), editor]. The Life and Letters of John Brown, Liberator of Kansas, and Martyr of Virginia. Boston: Roberts Brothers, 1885. 8vo. Illustrated with 4 plates. 645, [5, blank] pp. Bound in modern full textured brown leather, gilt-stamped portions of original binding inset on front board and spine, later endleaves, text toned, some occasional edgewear to text, lower corner of frontispiece dampstained, occasional pencil notes, tissue guard on frontispiece torn at top). Fine. THE RARE FIRST EDITION OF THIS MEMOIR ABOUT THE ABOLITIONIST MARTYR. Brown's attempted seizure of the arsenal at Harper's Ferry, WV, was one of the inciting incidents of the Civil War. From the renowned personal collection of Dr. George D. Lacy. Measurements: 9 x 7 x 2".