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REMINISCENCES OF PUBLIC MEN, WITH SPEECHES AND ADDRESSES ... [First Series.] Prefaced by a Life of the Author, by Hext M. Perry, M.D.
by Perry, B[enjamin] F[ranklin]; Hext M. Perry
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Seller
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Durham, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: John D. Avil & Co., 1883. 320, iii pages, plus [1] page errata. Portrait frontispiece and three plates (one view and two portraits). Original embossed purple cloth stamped in gold on the spine. [20.5 cm.] Ex-Sondley Reference Library with light evidence of call number removal at base of spine, tasteful bookplate on front pastedown, embossed stamp on title and one other text leaf, and number stamp on verso of title and in margin of one other page. Else about very good. Tissue guard for frontispiece lacking. Mild to moderate foxing to plates and facing pages. FIRST EDITION. Benjamin Franklin Perry (1805-1886), a noted South Carolina Unionist, was a state legislator, newspaper editor, and governor of his state in 1865. Although he was a leading voice against secession in the years before the Civil War, he served South Carolina under the Confederacy as a state representative and district judge. This volume contains memoirs of 50 prominent American politicians, including a number of Confederate statesmen. It also contains some correspondence. Turnbull IV, p. 161.
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- Bookseller
- Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0000337
- Title
- REMINISCENCES OF PUBLIC MEN, WITH SPEECHES AND ADDRESSES ... [First Series.] Prefaced by a Life of the Author, by Hext M. Perry, M.D.
- Author
- Perry, B[enjamin] F[ranklin]; Hext M. Perry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- John D. Avil & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1883
- Keywords
- biography reconstruction
- Bookseller catalogs
- SOUTH CAROLINA; CIVIL WAR - CONFEDERATE; POLITICAL HISTORY;
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Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
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About the Seller
Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
Biblio member since 2008
Durham, North Carolina
About Eilenberger Rare Books, LLC
An online shop focusing on Americana, particularly books pertaining to the South, and offering rare, scholarly, and antique books on a variety of other subjects. Proprietor David J. Eilenberger worked for over five years at respected firms in the A.B.A.A. before establishing the company in 2010. In addition to books, we are interested in acquiring broadsides, ephemera, 19th-century photographs, and manuscripts. Member Independent Online Booksellers Association since 2017.
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