Search Results: oration delivered before the city authorities by oliver wendell holmes

HardPress Publishing, 2012-08-01. Paperback. Good.

Boston: Ticknor & Fields. Good. 1863. First Trade Edition. Softcover. Disbound, no covers. Slight foxing to last page of text, very slight to title page. ; Approx. 5 7/8" wide by 9 3/8". BAL 8826.; 60 pages .

Boston: J.E.Farwell & Co. , 1863. Back Wrap and spine wrap missing. Front cover wear & soil. First Edition Paper wraps. 60 pp. Interior Very Good. Speech given during the Civil War days, in the 88th year of American independence. "The war in which we are engaged is for no meanly ambitious or unworthy purpose. It was primarily,and is to this moment. for the preservation of our national existence." "We know our enemies, and they are the enemies of popular rights. We know our friends, and they are the foremost champions of political and social progress." Sabin 32621, BAL 8826. Paper Cover. Good-. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/2". Civil War.

Philadelphia: Printed for Gratuitous Distribution, 1863. Octavo (22cm.); publisher's cream wrappers printed within decorative border; 30pp. Some toning to wrapper extremities, slightly ex-Franklin Institute with their contemporary ink shelf number and old "Duplicate" rubberstamp at head of upper cover and discreet internal markings, tide mark affecting all of textblock but not wrappers; still, Very Good and sound overall. BAL 8826, state A.

HOLMES, O[liver] W[endell]. Oration Delivered Before the City Authorities of Boston, On the Fourth of July, 1863. 9 3/8" x 5 5/8" in orig. cream wrappers. Boston: J.E. Farwell & Co., 1863. First published edition, small paper copy. This edition of Holmes' speech was published as a companion to the large-paper edition, both of which were printed on fine paper and set in large type. See BAL 8826. Covers intact although large tears appear at the spine edges and spine chipped, else a very fine copy.

Philadelphia, 1863. Printed for Gratuitous Distribution. Speech given during the Civil War days, in the 87th year of American independence. "The war in which we are engaged is for no meanly ambitious or unworthy purpose. It was primarily,and is to this moment. for the preservation of our national existence." "We know our enemies, and they are the enemies of popular rights. We know our friends, and they are the foremost champions of political and social progress." Some discoloring to wraps. 30 pp. Interior Very Good. Tears to top and bottom of spine, missing 1/2" paper at base of spine. Otherwise Very Good. Sabin 32621, BAL 8826. Wraps. Good+. Size: Approx. 5 1/2" x 8 1/2". Civil War.

J. E. Farwell & Company, Printers to the City. Collectible - Acceptable. Boston: J.E. Farwell & Co., printers to the city, 1863. 1st small published edition (BAL 8862) Red endpapers rather than the white listed in BAL 8862. 8vo. 60pp. Fair book. Ex-library, else Good. Bookplate inside. Gifter's inscription to Goldwin Smith on flyleaf. Letter of provinance from Smith laid in. (practical politics, Fourth of July orations) Inquire if you need further information.

Boston: J.E. Farwell and Company, 1863. FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION. Original green morocco, decorated in blind, with city seal in gilt to top cover, publisher's device in blind to bottom cover, marbled end-papers, edges gilt. An excellent copy. First published edition, a large paper copy (otherwise known as the second quarto, or official edition, preceded only by the first quarto private edition). BAL, 8826; C&T, p. 115.