Fine Books & Manuscripts
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Lot 100
JAY, William (1789?1858). The Life of John Jay? New York: J...
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JAY, William (1789?1858). The Life of John Jay? New York: J. & J. Harper, 1833. 2 volume set. 8vo. [8], 520; [4], 502 pp. FIRST EDITION. Engraved portrait frontispiece in Volume I. Original blue-green cloth with printed spine labels (uneven sunning to spine and covers with few damp spots to spines, Vol. II joints frayed, general pale spotting to margins and endpapers; tight and square copies). Provenance: former ownership signature of Robert E. Livingston to front leaves. RARE IN ORIGINAL BINDING. Howes J-71 (?a?). William Jay was an American abolitionist and jurist who was the son of the first U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice, John Jay.
