Life of Franklin Pierce.
Boston: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1852. First Edition. Original cloth. Large 12mo. Four pages of publishers ads (July 1852), [5], 4-144 pp. Frontis. engraved portrait of Pierce with tissue guard. Yellow endpapers. Original green cloth, blindstamped with gilt lettering on spine. Foxing to preliminaries. Bookplate of Mary Savage Johnson on the front pastedown. Interior bright, cloth in pleasing condition with spine ends intact, corners sharp. Very Good. Item #7217
A piece of electioneering written by Pierce's Bowdoin College chum. The effort was reciprocated when President Pierce appointed Hawthorne U.S. Consul in Liverpool. A notably bright copy now protected in a removable, clear archival sleeve. BAL, 7612; CLARK, A21.1.a; SABIN, 30992.
Price: $650.00