OratioOration Delivered Before the City Authorities of Boston on the Fourth of July, 1863 by Holmes, Oliver Wendell

Boston: Ticknor & Fields. Good. 1863. First Trade Edition. Softcover. Disbound, no covers. Slight foxing to last page of text, very slight to title page. ; Approx. 5 7/8" wide by 9 3/8". BAL 8826.; 60 pages .

Boston: J.E.Farwell & Co. , 1863. Back Wrap and spine wrap missing. Front cover wear & soil. First Edition Paper wraps. 60 pp. Interior Very Good. Speech given during the Civil War days, in the 88th year of American independence. "The war in which we are engaged is for no meanly ambitious or unworthy purpose. It was primarily,and is to this moment. for the preservation of our national existence." "We know our enemies, and they are the enemies of popular rights. We know our friends, and they are the foremost champions of political and social progress." Sabin 32621, BAL 8826. Paper Cover. Good-. Size: Approx. 5 3/4" x 9 1/2". Civil War.

Boston: J.E. Farwell and Company, 1863. FIRST PUBLISHED EDITION. Original green morocco, decorated in blind, with city seal in gilt to top cover, publisher's device in blind to bottom cover, marbled end-papers, edges gilt. An excellent copy. First published edition, a large paper copy (otherwise known as the second quarto, or official edition, preceded only by the first quarto private edition). BAL, 8826; C&T, p. 115.