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GRIMKE, FREDERICK. 1791-1863. Considerations Upon the Nature and Tendency of Free Institutions. ...
GRIMKE, FREDERICK. 1791-1863. Considerations Upon the Nature and Tendency of Free Institutions. New York: Derby & Jackson; New York: H.S. Derby & Co., 1856. Second edition, 8vo (9 x 6 in.), publisher's green cloth, title and author gilt to spine. Foxing to first few pages, covers rubbed. corners lightly bumped. A tight, clean copy. According to historian John William Ward, this volume 'deserves comparison with Toqueville's justly famous work, Democracy in America, and is in certain ways superior. It is the single best book written by an American in the nineteenth century on the meaning of our political way of life.' For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
GRIMKE, FREDERICK. 1791-1863. Considerations Upon the Nature and Tendency of Free Institutions. New York: Derby & Jackson; New York: H.S. Derby & Co., 1856. Second edition, 8vo (9 x 6 in.), publisher's green cloth, title and author gilt to spine. Foxing to first few pages, covers rubbed. corners lightly bumped. A tight, clean copy. According to historian John William Ward, this volume 'deserves comparison with Toqueville's justly famous work, Democracy in America, and is in certain ways superior. It is the single best book written by an American in the nineteenth century on the meaning of our political way of life.' For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing