A Fool's Errand by One of the Fools - 1880

wear to the covers and spine, rubbing of the cover

Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, 1979. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. In red cloth with rubbing to cloth. .

Fords, Howard and Hulbert, New York, 1880. Hardcover. Near Fine. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Chocolate brown cloth, cover with black and gold stamp shows signs of age, slightly chipped, top and bottom of the spine, bumped and worn tips to the boards. The pages show signs of discoloration due to age with minor portions that have minimal foxing to them, but the book is complete, and firmly bound. This book is in near fine condition.

New York: Fords, Howard and Hubert, 1879. Hardcover. Very Good--. New York: Fords, Howard and Hubert, 1879. Very Good--.

New York: Fords, Howard & Hulbert, 1880. A FOOL'S ERRAND- by One of the Fools (Albion W. Tourgee)- Fords, Howard and Hulbert-NY- 1880-(c1879) 1st Edition- Hardcover:-12mo- VG/ no dj- original publishers brick red cloth with black design and title on cover and gilt title on spine-minimal rubbing on head and foot of spine-391pp + 4pp ads for books- ffep missing-otherwise a nice bright copy- brown coated endpapers-textblock is square and tight-ex-library from the The Mississquoi Museum, Stanbridge-East, Quebec.-SEE PHOTOS- ..." the author is Albion Winegar Tourgee who was "an Ohion, served in the Union army and in 1865 moved his family to Noth Carolina were he was a carpetbagging lawyer. " "The book is mostly based on atual incidents that occurred during the reconstruction period in the South-This book was admired by the public and the critics. The fool's errand was the. Attempt to rebuild the South after the Civil War in the image of the North. Tourgee discusses such… Read More

New York, NY: Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, 1880. Decorative Cloth. Fair/No Jacket. 7" X 5." 361 pages. Brown boards with black designs and lettering. Spine ends and corners bumped and chipped. Spine faded. Some soiling. FFEP is torn near the hinge. Binding shaken. Bottom edge is worn.