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Lot 334
Sale 759 - Selections from the Library of Gerald and Barbara Weiner
Oct 8, 2020
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Lot Description
TOCQUEVILLE, Alexis de (1805-1859). Democracy in America. New York: Adlard and Saunders, George Dearborn & Co., 1838; J. & H. G. Langley, 1840.
2 volumes, 8vo (224 x 139 mm). (Some spotting.) Original publisher’s blind-stamped cloth, spines gilt (Vol.I: spine ends repaired, fading, some minor spotting; Vol.II: rebacked preserving original spine and endpapers, corners rounded and repaired); quarter morocco folding case. Provenance: James W. Bacon (pencil signature in vol.I); John I. Mitchell (bookplate in vol.I); Hastypudding Library (gift bookplate from G. W. Hay, 1840, and shelf label in vol.II).
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, with a new preface by John Canfield Spencer, who later served as Secretary of War and then Secretary of the Treasury under President John Tyler. (See previous lot.) Howes T-278, T-279 ("aa"); Sabin 96064, 96065.