Oration Delivered Before the City Authorities at Boston on the Eighty-seventh Anniversary of the National Independence of America by Oliver Wendell Holmes (Creator) - 2012-08-01

Philadelphia: Printed for Gratuitous Distribution, 1863. 22 cm. [3], 30pp. Remnants of grey paper along spine, lacks the original yellow or buff wrappers according to BAL 8826. Several earlier Boston printings. Holmes oration, reflecting on the American Revolution, also focuses on the causes of the new conflict the country found itself immersed in: "it is the lifing question of the hour, and not the dead story of the past, which forces itself into all minds...." His sense of the nobility of war was not shared by his son, who was wounded twice in the conflict, and lead to a permanent chasm between them.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Philadelphia: Printed for Gratuitous Distribution, 1863. Octavo (22cm.); publisher's cream wrappers printed within decorative border; 30pp. Some toning to wrapper extremities, slightly ex-Franklin Institute with their contemporary ink shelf number and old "Duplicate" rubberstamp at head of upper cover and discreet internal markings, tide mark affecting all of textblock but not wrappers; still, Very Good and sound overall. BAL 8826, state A.