Description: UP FOR SALE TODAY WE HAVE "PERLEY'S REMINISCENCES OF SIXTY YEARS IN THE NATIONAL METROPOLIS - Illustrating the wit, humor, genius, eccentricities, jealousies, ambitions and intrigues of the brilliant statesmen, ladies, officers, diplomats, lobbyists and other noted celebrities of the world that gather at the center of the nation; describing imposing inauguration ceremonies, gala day festivities, army reviews, &c., &c., &c.. -- BY BEN: PERLEY POORE, THE VETERAN JOURNALIST, CLERK OF THE SENATE PRINTING RECORDS, EDITOR OF THE CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY, AND AUTHOR OF VARIOUS WORKS -- ILLUSTRATED -- VOLS. I AND II. -- HUBBARD BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, PHILADELPHIA, CHICAGO, KANSAS CITY; BALCH BROS. & GRAHAM, BOSTON; JAS. MORRIS & CO., CINCINNATTI; A.L. BANCROFT & CO., SAN FRANCISCO."(VERSO OF THE TITLE PAGE STATES THAT THIS BOOK WAS COPYRIGHTED IN 1886, AND IS BEING SOLD BY SUBSCRIPTION ONLY BY HUBBARD BROTHERS!!)-- Here we have a good, full leather bound First Edition copy of this book which records sixty years of the inner workings of politics in Washington D.C. from the 1820's to the early 1880's. It is an entertaining account of parties, feuds, fights, and the constant political sqabbles between the political parties, including the debates and fights over the issue of slavery, and culminating in the Civil War and its immediate aftermath. The book is lavishly illustrated with numerous full page and tons of inpage illustrations to help visually describe many of the events described in the book. I find copies of this book ranging in price from thirty-five to seventy dollars plus shipping. Most copies are two volume sets, but this is a two volumes bound together into a single volume.-- THIS IS A BIG, FULL LEATHERBOUND BOOK OF 1101 PAGES, WHICH MEASURES ABOUT 9 BY 6 INCHES IN DIAMETER, AND IS 2 AND A HALF INCHES THICK--I AM PUTTING THIS UP FOR SALE TODAY AT A REASONABLE BUY-IT-NOW PRICE WITH FREE SHIPPING, OR FEEL FREE TO MAKE YOUR BEST OFFER--GARY FROM HAUNTED MANSION RELIX--
Price: 35 USD
Location: Hinsdale, New Hampshire
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Leather
Place of Publication: WASHINGTON D.C.
Publisher: HUBBARD BROTHERS
Modified Item: No
Subject: Americana
Year Printed: 1886
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: UNKNOWN
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Illustrated, NUMEROUS FULL PAGE AND TONS OF INPAGE ILLUSTRATIONS!!, WORN BUT HANDSOME OLD FULL CALF LEATHER BINDING!!
Author: BEN: PERLEY POORE
Region: UNITED STATES
Topic: WASHINGTON POLITICAL HISTORY
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Character Family: WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
