Twenty Years of Congress : From Lincoln to Garfield with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 (2 volumes) by Blaine, James G - 1884 & 1886

Norwich, CT: Henry Bill Publishing Company, 1884. Ex-Library. Fair. Full-Leather. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Leather binding, however the spine has been repaired by library with brown cloth tape. The pages are in good condition with the normal library markings and attachments and a few pages with some small margin marks. The hinges have been taped. The cover has some discoloration on the edges and some edge and corner wear. Volume I (1) only..

Norwich CN: Henry Bill Publishing Company. Good+. 1884. Full Leather. Brown leather with black and red spine labels. Leather is generally in nice condition with minor scuffing and dings -- minor splitting on lower 1" on front hinge. Small corner of front endpaper missing. ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 464 pages .

Norwich, CT: Henry Hill Pub Co. G. 1884. Brown embossed binding, gilt lettering & decoration. Edge wear, removal marks ft endpaper (may be ex-library copy), . presentation to library on flyleaf. .

Rand, Avery, and Company, 1884. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. endpaper slightly mildewed, heavy wear to edges of leather covering boards, handful of stains to age toned pages

Henry Bill Publishing, vol.1- 1884, vol.2- 1886 (app. 1st ed) 2 vol.s 9.8 x 6.8" each. Gold emb. pebble grained cl.; G+; cvs smudged, soiled, rubbed. some fx.. F.

Norwich, Connecticut: Henry Bill Publishing Company, 1886. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Two volume set. Thick octavos, 646pp., 724pp. Blind ruled brown cloth with gilt-stamping on front boards and spines. Illustrated with steel portraits and a fold-out map (with tears) in rear of volume one. Lacking the portrait of Abraham Lincoln in volume one and lacking the frontispiece of Ulysses S. Grant, portraits of Rutherford B. Hayes and James A. Garfield in volume two, hinges cracked with loss of spine on volume one, spine ends on volume two are chipped and worn, front endpapers clipped and some page corners, some newspaper offsetting, dampstained in volume two, a fair to good only set.

BLAINE, James G. Twenty Years of Congress: From Lincoln to Garfield. With a Review of the Events which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860. Norwich, CT: The Henry Bill Publishing Company, 1884. 2 Vols. xv,646;xv,724pp. Portrait frontises., portraits, folding map. Orig. cloth, all edges marbled. Faint speckling to cloth, else very good or better. Mostly devoted to the Civil War years in government and the fallout from Reconstruction afterwards. "Four chapters treat of this famous Maine senator's Civil War service; surprisingly objective and even-tempered" Nevins II, p.39.

Norwich, CT: The Henry Bill Publishing Company Dates: Volume 1--1884; Volume 2--1886. Original brown cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Bindings lightly soiled and rubbed w/ light wear to extremities. Edges of text blocks marbled. Bookplate on, and "1392" written at top edge of, front endpaper of both volumes; blank slips on front paste-down of both volumes. Light scattered foxing. Front hinge of Vol. 1 starting. Both volumes illustrated w/ steel portraits (6 in Vol. 1; 7 in Vol. 2) w/ a fold-out map in rear of Vol. 1.. Hard Cover. Good+/No Dust Jacket. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.

The Henry Bill Publishing Compan, 1884T. hardcover. Good. in x in x in. This is a used book in good condition and may show some signs of use or wear .

Norwich, CT: Henry Bill Publishing Co, 1884-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Matching two volume set featuring black pebbled boads with leather quarterstripe and tips with gilt lettering and four raised bands along spine; moderate rubbing along edges; small tears along spine. Bindings and hinges tight and square. Contents clean and unmarked except for small bookplates front inside covers. Marbled endpapers. Three gilt . - Vol I - 640 pp with folded map in fine condition. Vol II - 724pp. Index. All items carefully packed to avoid damage from moisture and rough handling.