1829 4-VOL MATCHED SET-ORIGINAL 1ST EDITIONS-ONE-OWNER-THOMAS JEFFERSON MEMOIRS

Description: THIS MATCHED SET OF FIRST EDITIONS IS QUITE RARE. NO SIMILAR SET COULD BE LOCATED AT ANY ONLINE BOOKSELLER. RARE MATCHED SET OF FOUR VOLUMES OF "MEMOIR, CORRESPONDENCE, AND MISCELLANIES, FROM THE PAPERS OF THOMAS JEFFERSON." EDITED BY JEFFERSON'S GRANDSON, THOMAS JEFFERSON RANDOLPH. FOLDOUT OF JEFFERSON'S DRAFT OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE IS MISSING, AND THE TISSUE PROTECTOR OVER THE FRONTISPIECE OF VOLUME FOUR IS MISSING. THERE IS A "NOTICE" FROM THE PUBLISHER IN VOLUME ONE STATING THAT THE COPIES OF THE DECLARATION DID NOT ARRIVE IN TIME TO BE SHIPPED WITH THESE BOOKS. THIS MAY INDICATE THAT THIS SET WAS ONE OF THE FIRST TO BE PRINTED. EACH BOOK IS ENDORSED ON THE FRONT PASTEDOWN BY THE ORIGINAL OWNER (EXCEPT THAT THE MISSING FRONT COVER OF VOLUME ONE PRECLUDES SUCH), N. G. NYE, A LAWYER WHO PRACTICED IN YAZOO CITY, MISSISSIPPI. NYE OWNED THE FAMOUS BLEAK HOUSE OUTSIDE YAZOO CITY. LEATHER COVERS ARE MARBLED AND IN REASONABLY GOOD CONDITION, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THEIR AGE, SHOWING ONLY A MINOR AMOUNT OF SCUFFING AND SOILING. COVER CORNERS AND EDGES SHOW WEAR. LABELS ON THE SPINE ARE ALSO IN REASONABLY GOOD CONDITION CONSIDERING THEIR AGE, SHOWING VERY LITTLE FADING. SEE PHOTO. SOME MIGHT REBIND THIS SET, HOWEVER, BECAUSE THE COVERS ARE IN SUCH GOOD CONDITION, ONE MIGHT DO WELL TO LOCATE ANOTHER COVER THAT MATCHES THESE AS CLOSELY AS POSSIBLE AND USE IT TO REPLACE THE FRONT COVER OF VOLUME ONE. SHIPPING METHOD WILL BE DETERMINED BY BUYER AND WILL BE BILLED AT COST.

Price: 7500 USD

Location: Vicksburg, Mississippi

End Time: 2024-10-25T19:12:09.000Z

Shipping Cost: 25 USD