MEMOIRS Of The LIFE Of The RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR JAMES MACKINTOSH. In Two Volumes.
Philadelphia / Boston: Carey & Hart / W. D. Ticknor, 1835. 1st US edition (cf. American Imprints 32724, for a one-volume edition). 2 volumes (iv, [13] - 201, [1]; 213, [1] pp). Vol II with t.p. imprint solely of Carey & Hart. 12mo. 7-3/4" x 4-7/8". Original publisher's blue cloth spine over drab boards; printed paper title labels to spine. Each volume slightly cocked. Spine cloth sunned, and labels chipped. Ownership signature, and drawings by John. S. Hittell [probably the Alta California editor & the writer on California subjects, such as the Resources of California, who came to CA from Ohio in 1849], Hamilton Ohio, Dec. 1st 1845, to boards, eps & t.p. Paper browned. Withal, a VG set of a scarce set, especially in original publisher's boards, with a nice California association. Item #28030
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