LOWELL, James Russell — POLITICAL ESSAYS
Boston & New York. Houghton Mifflin Company. First Edition. Publisher's blue cloth with printed paper spine label (5" x 8"). BAL 13198: "Reportedly but 75 copies were done in this untrimmed format but BAL has been unable to substantiate the statement." Essays include “The Election in November,” “The Pickens-and-Stealin’s Rebellion,” “General McClellan’s Report,” “The Rebellion: Its Causes and Consequences,” “McClellan or Lincoln?,” “Scotch The Snake, or Kill It?,” “The Seward-Johnson Reaction,” and “The Place of The Independent in Politics.”. Armorial bookplate of William W. Gay on the front pastedown; darkening of spine label. Near Fine