The story of an earnest man. Figs and thistles: a romance of the Western reserve

by Albion W. Tourgee

$150 · Offered by Rulon-Miller Books

New York: Fords, Howard, & Hulbert, 1879 . 8vo, pp. 2 , vi, 7-538, 2 ads; original embossed brown cloth stamped in black and gold; engraved frontispiece; spine extremities lightly scuffed; otherwise very good. Pencil inscription on front free endpaper of J.W. Hall, dated March 26, 1881. Albion Tourgee 1838-1905 was an American lawyer who fought in the Civil War and later devoted his career to challenging segregation laws. Wright III 5519. Reprints

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