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Smith, Seba

MY THIRTY YEARS OUT OF THE SENATE. By Major Jack Downing.; Illustrated with sixty-four original and characteristic engravings on wood.

New York: Oaksmith & Company, 1859. First Edition. Original Cloth. 485pp; frontispiece, pictorial half-title, and 62 more wood engravings, some full-page. Bound in embossed, pictorial green cloth, gilt-stamped pictures and lettering on spine; very slight damage to rear joint, otherwise a clean, tight example. 7.75" x 5" Very Good. Item #038590

Provenance: Pencilled signature of economist Willard Thorp on endpaper, along with date of 18.10.64 and notation "Seven Gables." [Wright, American Fiction, II-2273. Hamilton, Early American Book Illustrators 916: Illustrations are by Justin H. Howard.].

Price: $100.00