The American Union. Its Effect on National Character and Policy, with an Inquiry into Secession as a Constitutional Right, and the Causes of the Disruption

London, Richard Bentley, 1862 (third edition)/ 1861.

Octavo, xvi, 366 pages.

Original green cloth, heavily decorated in blind; cloth very lightly rubbed at the extremities, very slightly flecked and marked, with a tiny abrasion to a raised portion of the rear cover; top edge slightly foxed; early ownership signature on the half-title; a near-fine copy, uncut and partially unopened (and with the contemporary blindstamp of Howell, the Adelaide booksellers).

'Lest the neutral title of the following work should beguile any reader to assume that neutrality of opinion will pervade it, I warn him at once, on the threshold, that he will soon encounter a current of reasoning strongly adverse to the present doctrines and action of the Northern party. I have endeavoured to collect equally, and balance fairly, the evidence and argument on both sides'.

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Price (AUD): $300.00

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