Title: Sketch of the Life and Character of Rutherford B. Hayes Author: Howells, William Dean Place: New York Publisher: Hurd and Houghton Date: 1876 Description: vi, 195, [1], 31, +[4 ad] pp. Two lithograph portraits. (12mo) original green cloth, stamped in black and blind, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. First edition of Howell's sketch of presidential candidate Rutherford B. Hayes prior to Hayes winning the election, with two-page autograph letter signed from Howells to a contributing writer on his manuscript on Japan and his poems, on Atlantic Monthly stationery, tipped in. Howells penned this campaign biography while he held the influential post of editor-in-chief of The Atlantic Monthly, before he embarked on his successful career as a novelist. With lithographed portraits of Hayes and his running mate and Vice President William Wheeler BAL 9572. Bookplate (designed by Rockwell Kent and book label of Ralph Pulitzer, eldest son of newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzer. Ralph went on to become president of the Press Publishing Company, the group of influential New York City newspapers founded by his father. Lot Amendments Condition: Minor wear to cloth, hinges cracked; very good. Item number: 269347
Title: Sketch of the Life and Character of Rutherford B. Hayes Author: Howells, William Dean Place: New York Publisher: Hurd and Houghton Date: 1876 Description: vi, 195, [1], 31, +[4 ad] pp. Two lithograph portraits. (12mo) original green cloth, stamped in black and blind, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. First edition of Howell's sketch of presidential candidate Rutherford B. Hayes prior to Hayes winning the election, with two-page autograph letter signed from Howells to a contributing writer on his manuscript on Japan and his poems, on Atlantic Monthly stationery, tipped in. Howells penned this campaign biography while he held the influential post of editor-in-chief of The Atlantic Monthly, before he embarked on his successful career as a novelist. With lithographed portraits of Hayes and his running mate and Vice President William Wheeler BAL 9572. Bookplate (designed by Rockwell Kent and book label of Ralph Pulitzer, eldest son of newspaper magnate Joseph Pulitzer. Ralph went on to become president of the Press Publishing Company, the group of influential New York City newspapers founded by his father. Lot Amendments Condition: Minor wear to cloth, hinges cracked; very good. Item number: 269347
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