Description
Thick octavo, [two volumes], xiii, [3], 646pp; xix, [2], 724pp. Brown morocco, title in gilt over red morocco, raised bands, decorative gilt bands. Marbled leaf ends. Frontispiece portrait, tissue covered, opposite title page. 14 illustrated plates (inc. frontispiece). Clean text. An exceptional copy of this important historical work.
Comments: James G. Blaine (1830-1893) was Speaker of the House, Secretary of State (1881, 1889-1892) and Republican nominee for President in 1884, losing to Grover Cleveland.
