A History Of The Political And Military Events Of The Late War Between The United States And Great Britain

New Haven, Conn.: S. Converse, 1825. First Edition. Very good+ in a contemporary, full leather binding with a red leather label on the spine with gilt text and with gilt rules to simulate raised bands on the spine. An octavo of 8 1/2 vy 5 1/8 inches with light wear and rubbing to the edges of the boards and with the front joint starting which has been professionally reinforced. There is an early prior owner's name in pencil on the first free end page and the first 72 pages of the text block show a dampness stain to the lower fore corner of the pages. 512 pages of text. Perkins, a native of Connecticut, studied theology at Yale, became a preacher, (truncated) but later switched to law. He wrote three books on history. This title was his first and more famous of the three. (Howes, P-236; Sabin, 60972) (Inventory #: TB32880)