Wear to extremities. Spine ends chipped with small parts missing. Paper guards for illustrations browned and brittle, with the guard to the volume 2 frontispiece detached but present. Volume two binding not tight and hinges started; Memoir of the former Speaker of the House, Senator, and by two-time Secretary of State Blaine, who also narrowly missed the Presidency, being defeated by Chester Arthur in a very close election in 1884. Focusing on the run-up to the Civil War (1861-1865) ; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall; 646,724 pages. Seller Inventory # 16152

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Title: TWENTY YEARS OF CONGRESS [TWO VOLUME SET] ...

Publisher: The Henry Bill Publishing Company 1884,1886, Norwich, CT

Publication Date: 1884

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good+

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The Complete Traveller Antiquarian Bookstore is specialized in rare travel books and vintage maps from all places around the world. Our collection includes WPA Guides, Baedeker Travel Guides, A & C Black illustrated books.

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Corviglia Books LLC
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