12mo (165 x 102 mm). (Some toning throughout.) Original light terra cotta printed wrappers (spine worn, corner loss to rear wrap, some minor marginal soiling); folding chemise and quarter morocco slipcase.

"No matter what happens to you, no matter who flatters you or who abuses you, never look at another flag, never let a night pass but you pray God to bless that flag." 

FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, FIRST ISSUE lacking errata slip as called for. The Man Without A Country was first published in the December 1863 issue of The Atlantic Monthly. The grand-nephew of Revolutionary War spy Nathan Hale, who famously declared "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country," Edward Everett Hale wrote the story to strengthen northern support for the Union cause. The story was well-received and a separate edition was issued shortly before the end of the Civil War. “One of the best short stories written by an American, and representing Hale at his best as a writer of fiction with a purpose” (ANB). Peter Parley to Penrod, p.24; Sabin 29627; Wright, American Fiction 1851-1875, 1056.