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1883 "Thirty Years' View" by Thomas Hart Benton, Two Volumes
Item Details
| Title and Author/Editor | Thirty years’ Vew; or, A History of the Working of the American Government for Thirty Years, from 1820 to 1850. Chiefly Taken from the Congress Debates, the Private Papers of General Jackson, and the Speeches of ex-Senator Benton, with His Actual View of Men and Affairs: with Historical Notes and Illustrations, and Some Notices of Eminent Deceased Contemporaries (A Senator of Thirty Years/Thomas Hart Benton) |
| Genre | Biography, Autobiography and Memoirs, Politics, Government and Current Affairs, History |
| Type of Illustration | Engraving |
| Binding | Leather |
| Dust Jacket | No |
| Publisher or Printer | D. Appleton and Company |
| Publication Year | 1883 |
| Period | Late 19th Century |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Edition Statement | Later Edition |
| Complete Set | Yes |
| Volumes | Volume I-II |
| Number of Books | 2 |
| Additional Information | Thomas Hart Benton, U. S. House of Representative member, was known as “Old Bullion”. He was an advocate for western expansion and author of the first Homestead Act. A biography was written on Benton by President Theodore Roosevelt and he was profiled in John F. Kennedy’s Profiles in Courage. |
Condition
- red rot to leather covers with loose and missing spine material; cracked/broken hinges; wear to covers with bumped corners, rubbed edges, split gutters and soiling; darkening to endpapers; tanning to text blocks.
Dimensions
3.25" W x 9.75" H x 7.0" D
- measures Volume II.
Item #
ITMG532411
