first edition Pamphlet
1856 · New York
by [GREELEY, Horace]
New York: Greeley and M'Elrath, 1856. First Edition. Pamphlet. Occasional foxing, mostly clean. Very Good. Pamphlet in self wraps; 32 pages. Illustrated with a portrait of Fremont taking more than the first half of the front page and two full-page engravings. A short life of Fremont from his early childhood to his presidential nomination in 1856, the first presidential candidate of the Republican Party. Fremont made his reputation as an explorer and an officer in the Mexican-American War and the Civil War. (Inventory #: 019608)