THE LIFE OF HARMAN BLENNERHASSETT. COMPRISING AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE OF THE BURR EXPEDITION: AND CONTAINING MANY ADDITIONAL FACTS NOT HERETOFORE PUBLISHED by Safford, William H - 1850

Moore, Wilstach, Keys & Co. hardcover. Acceptable. 0x0x0. Cincinnati; 1859. Poor Condition. Black cloth covered boards extending to a black leather spine with gold spine titles; edges worn boards; external hinges cracked; front board detached but present; rear board hanging on by threads; marbled endpapers and edges; tide marks present along page edges; some spotting throughout; 239 pages.

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Cincinnati: Morre, Anderson, Wilstach & Keys, 1853. Second Edition. Cloth (hard cover), decorative blind stamping to both boards and spine, gilt title, (5.5 x 7.75 inches). 239 pages with Appendix and publisher's adverts. Period owner's bookplate of George L. Hotchkiss, Revenna, Ohio on front paste-down, some scattered light foxing throughout, remains a tight copy showing minimal wear. Howes S13 Size: Octavo. Cloth. Very Good.

Chillicothe, O.: Ely, Allen & Looker. First Edition. Burr's treasonous expedition to the Southwest. Wear at the head of the spine and the corners, two-inch tear along one spine edge, Very Good. . Very Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1850.

Chillicoth: Ely, Allen & Looke, 1850. 239pp. plus frontispiece. Original brown publisher's cloth, stamped in blind and gilt. Corners rubbed, head of spine lightly chipped. Light foxing to first few leaves and plate. Very good. First edition. Safford is still considered the leading authority on Harman Blennerhassett in the wake of his publication of THE BLENNERHASSETT PAPERS in 1864. This volume precedes that better-known work by a decade, but it establishes Safford's scholarly interest in the flamboyant man who provided much of the capital for Burr's scheme against the Spanish in Mexico. Blennerhassett's life has been regarded a mixture of "farce and tragedy," and Safford's work maintains this caricature. HOWES S13

Chillicothe, O.: Ely, Allen & Looker, 1850. An Anglo-Irish graduate of TCD, Blennerhasset (1765-1831) emigrated to America, presumably to excape arrest either as a member of the United Irishmen., or for his incestuous marriage. He became involved with Burr's possible treasonous ploting of 1806 (his large estate, now a state park, was evidently a headquarters for Burr). This is a Very Good copy of the First Edition, which is not common. Dark brown decorative cloth binding, heavily blindstamped. The title on the spine is gilt, as is the Blennerhassett coat-of-arms on the front cover. Clean text; 239 pages. The text is exceptionally bright and fresh, easily readable today. The corners are bumped slightly, and there are several small chips, to the head of the spine, the lower front cover, and on the rear panel. There is a small period bookplate on the front paste-down, and some penciled notes from a previous collector, on the FFEP opposite. A solid copy and a fascinating footnote to some quirky… Read More

Ohio: Ely, Allen & Looker, 1850 239 numbered pp; HB. Pages: generally clean, ivory, generally tight, f.e. deckled, frontis; t.e. dusty, a.e. tanned, occaisional foxing and smudges. Cover: dk brown, gilt ornamentation front, blindstamped oirnamentation front/spine, gilt titles spine; light shelfwear, head/heel/corners a bnit worn, front gilt a bot rubbed. First public account of Blennerhassett's role in the Burr secessionist conspiracy.

Cincinatti, OH: Moore, Anderson, Wilstach & Keys. VG. 1853. Hardcover. Hardback in Very Good condition without dust jacket. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 239 pages. Binding solid. Foxing throughout the book; light rubbing to board edges; previous owners impression. . * Quick Shipping * All Books Mailed in Boxes * Free Tracking Provided * .