TO THE ELECTORS OF MASSACHUSETTS. AT A CONVENTION COMPOSED OF THE WHIG MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE... by Winthrop, Robert C., et al - 1837]

Government Printing Office. Good. Text well bound and clean. Paper shows mild touch of toning. In original brown gloth covers, lightly worn at edges, though with some mottling to cloth up front apparently due to old moisture contact--still quite presentable. Frontispiece and tissue guard present. Front free endpaper has an edge tear and small chip there.. Prev. owner's private lib. bookplate to front flyleaf.

[Worcester, 1837. 8vo, pp. 40; self-wrappers, stitched, as issued, light foxing and wear, very good. An enumeration of principles put forth by the Whigs for the voter to consider. Among these are a condemnation of executive overreach, support for a national bank, and objection to the annexation of Texas. Opposing the economic policies of Martin Van Buren and the annexation of Texas and supporting the election of Edward Everett as governor and George Hull as lieutenant-governor of Massachusetts. American Imprints 48484.

Boston, MA: Moore & Crosby, City Printers, 1855., 1855.. Good. INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY ROBERT C. WINTHROP - Octavo, brown cloth titled in gilt with frames & decorations in blind on both covers & the City of Boston seal in gilt on the rear cover. The corners of the covers and the head & tail of the spine are rubbed & the lower half of the front joint is starting to split. 72 pages. The front hinge is cracked. The edges of the pastedowns, endpapers & flyleaf are darkened and there is occasional light foxing. Despite its flaws, a good, attractive copy. First edition.Boldly inscribed by Robert Winthrop who delivered one of the addresses on this occasion: "Mrs. C. Baring Young / with the kind regards of / Rob. C. Winthrop. / Boston, / 26 Feby / 1856."Robert Charles Winthrop [1809-1894] was an American lawyer and philanthropist and one-time Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. After Daniel Webster resigned from the U.S. Senate to become Secretary of State in 1850, Winthrop resigned from the… Read More

Boston: Massachusetts Historical Society, 1869. Book. Illus. by R. Reading. VG+. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Book is 3/4 leather, gilt edges with modest wear to spine thus very good plus. .