THE MAN WITHOUT A COUNTRY

by Edward Everett Hale

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First edition

Boston, MA : Ticknor and Fields, 1865. First edition, first issue without the publisher's announcement slip tipped in. 12mo. 23, 1 pp. Soiled terracotta printed wrapper with some old staining to wrapper and title page, and chipping to edges and short splits at spine. The intended immediate purpose of 'The Man Without a Country' was to influence an impending election. It's larger, long-continued service as a rarely effectual incentive to patriotism was

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