Description
First edition of Life and Reminiscences Of Jefferson Davis by Distinguished Men Of His Time, published in Baltimore in 1890.
Octavo, xviii, 490pp. Publisher’s full sheepskin, title in gilt on spine over black morocco label. Front hinge reinforced, professional restoration to leather at heel of spine. Complete with frontispiece and 16 steel engraved plates. Occasional toning throughout, light foxing to plates.
This work on Confederate President Jefferson Davis was issued by the publisher in green cloth, quarter leather and full sheepskin. Not found in Dornbusch, Nevins or Eicher.
