JAMES SIDNEY ROLLINS. MEMOIR BY WILLIAM BENJAMIN SMITH..
by [Rollins, James Sidney]: Smith, William B
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About This Item
New York, 1891. 317pp. Quarto. Decorated gilt cloth, t.e.g. Rubbed. Near fine. Inscribed by G.B. Rollins on the front free endpaper. Rollins' speeches and a biographical sketch are included. For an account of Rollins' influential role in Missouri and in Congress, see the DAB, which lists this memoir first among sources cited. DAB XVI, pp.121-22. SABIN 84752.
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- Bookseller
- William Reese Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- JAMES SIDNEY ROLLINS. MEMOIR BY WILLIAM BENJAMIN SMITH..
- Author
- [Rollins, James Sidney]: Smith, William B
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1891
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William Reese Company
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About William Reese Company
Since 1975, William Reese Company has served a large international clientele of collectors and private and public institutions in the acquisition of rare books and manuscripts and in collection development.
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With a catalogued inventory of over thirty thousand items, and a general inventory of over sixty-five thousand items, we are among the leading specialists in the fields of Americana and world travel, and maintain a large and eclectic inventory of literary first editions and antiquarian books of the 18th through 20th centuries.
We issue frequent, and substantial, catalogues in our fields of specialization, and we are equipped to produce smaller lists devoted to specific subjects with ease in response to requests.
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- Cloth
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- Quarto
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- Inscribed
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- Gilt
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