Search Results: recollections diplomatic and undiplomatic by bowen herbert w

8vo in publisher's cloth. xvii, 320 pp. VG-. Small tear to cloth at lower spine end. Binding is strong. Light foxing to text block edges and endpapers. Text is clean. Ships in a box packed with care.

New York: Frederick H. Hitchcock, The Grafton Press, 1926. first edition. Hardcover. Very good +. 6 x 9 in. Cloth boards. Condition is VERY GOOD+ ; covers very clean with minor bumping and wear to corners and spine ends. Spine bright. Upper text edge foxed. Text spotless. Mem. Stax.

New York: Frederick H. Hitchcock, 1926. First edition, 1926. Biographical stories about Henry Bowen, documented by his son, of a well-placed American diplomat and abolitionist, publisher of The Independent, and friend to many notables of the era such as Abraham Lincoln, Henry Ward Beecher, and numerous others. Bright red cloth lettered in gilt, printed tan dustjacket. The book is good to very good with firm binding, foxing to the outer edges of the text block, endpapers and preliminaries, pages very slightly age-yellowed but clean, no names or other markings. The mylar protected dustjacket is age-darkened and a bit spotted with several tiny chips, little paper loss. Henry Bowen was born in Woodstock, Connecticut and moved to New York City in his twenties to find his fortune.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.