THE LIFE OF WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, (OF OHIO,) THE PEOPLE'S CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY. WITH A HISTORY OF THE WARS WITH THE BRITISH AND INDIANS ON OUR NORTH-WESTERN FRONTIE
by [Jackson, Isaac R
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About This Item
Philadelphia: W. Marshall & Co, 1840. 218pp. 12mo. Original brown cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Extremities worn. Contemporary ownership stamp on flyleaves. Moderate foxing. Good. Second edition, published a year after the first. An updated version of Jackson's biography of Harrison, used as campaign literature for his 1840 bid for president. With emphasis on his military career and achievements. SABIN 35422 (ref). FIELD 768 (ref)
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- William Reese Company (US)
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- Title
- THE LIFE OF WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, (OF OHIO,) THE PEOPLE'S CANDIDATE FOR THE PRESIDENCY. WITH A HISTORY OF THE WARS WITH THE BRITISH AND INDIANS ON OUR NORTH-WESTERN FRONTIE
- Author
- [Jackson, Isaac R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- W. Marshall & Co
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1840
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Gilt
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- Cloth
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