Boston and New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1888. A beautiful copy. Unusually fresh and crisp. Fine condition. Clean, square, tight copy. Beveled edges. Top edge gilt. Gilt lettering on the spine and Lowell's facsimile signature on front cover are still bright and shiny. Only 2,546 copies printed. BAL 13198, binding variant A. Johnson 333. First collected edition of 12 essays, many concerning slavery, the Civil War, reconstruction, and Presidential politics of 1860. Includes: THE AMERICAN TRACT SOCIETY; THE ELECTION IN NOVEMBER: E PLURIBUS UNUM; THE PICKENS-AND-STEALIN'S REBELLION: GENERAL MCLELLAN'S REPORT; THE REBELLION: ITS CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES; MCCLELLAN OR LINCOLN; SCOTCH THE SNAKE, OR KILL IT?; THE SEWARD-JOHNSON REACTION; THE PLACE OF THE INDEPENDENT IN POLITICS; etc.. First Edition. Hardcover. Original dark green cloth/No Dust Jacket. 8vo. 326pp.

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Bookseller: About Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 001391
Title: Political Essays
Author: Lowell, James Russell
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Original dark green cloth
Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin and Company
Place of Publication: Boston and New York
Date Published: 1888
Bookseller catalogs: Civil War; Politics / Government / International Relations;
Size: 8vo. 326pp

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