2 volumes. frontis, illustrations, index, x, 331, xi, 370p. Original red cloth. 24 cm. Bookplate (Joseph Barcley Fleming) in both volumes. Cloth chipped along ends of backstrip. Loss of cloth at cover tips. Cover darkened and rather soiled. Contents sound and clean. Top edge gilt. Illinois congressman who was a firm supporter of Ulysses S. Grant during the Civil War ands served as U. S. Secretary of State for a few days at the beginning of Grant's Presidency before spending the rest of Grant's two Presidential terms as U. S. Minister to France. Seller Inventory # 94594

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Title: Recollections of a Minister to France 1869-...

Publisher: Charles Scribner's Sons, New York

Publication Date: 1887

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Edition: 1st ed.

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We started our business in 1971 as mail-order specialists on Africa and African-Americana. We soon expanded to include material on Asia and the Middle East. We also purchase antiquarian and rare books and libraries in all fields. A suite of offices at 2348 Whitney Avenue is open by appointment and contains 15,000 volumes. Easily accessible from I-91 or the Wilbur Cross Parkway. Catalogs are issued occasionally on listed specialties.

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