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WEBSTER, Daniel.
The Writings and Speeches ...
National Edition. Illustrated with Portraits and Plates.
Publisher: Boston, Little, Brown, & Company, 1903
Stock code: 28555
Price: £3,750 Currency Conversion
National Edition, limited to 1050 copies only, of which this is no. 987. A lavish edition preserving the legacy of Daniel Webster (1782–1852), U.S. Senator and Secretary of State. Famed for his ability as an orator, Webster was one of the most important figures in US politics in the first half of the 19th century. In Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, James Stewart's character is astonished to find out he will be sitting in the same seat where Daniel Webster once sat.
18 volumes, large octavo (240 × 157 mm). Bound in recent blue morocco, spines lettered gilt in two compartments, others with gilt motifs between gilt bands, covers with two-line gilt rules, marbled endpapers, top edges gilt, others uncut. Frontispieces, engraved additional titles and 74 plates, portraits, facsimiles, etc. printed on japon paper, all with tissue guards with captions printed in red. A fine set.
