Life and Speeches of Henry Clay

by Henry Clay

$150 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

New York: Greeley & McElrath, 1843. One of several editions published 1842-1844 as Clay prepared to run in the 1844 Presidential campaign as the Whig candidate. 8vo. 2 volumes bound as one : 307, xxvi; 597 pp. Frontispiece portraits, plates, folding facsimile. 8-pages of publisher's ads at rear. Sabin 13542. American Imprints 43-1123. Rubbed at extremities, some foxing, but a very good copy. Somewhat later half-leather and pebbled cloth, gilt, gilt rules

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