"Swingin Round the Cirkle"; His Ideas of Men, Politics, and Things, as set Forth in his Letters to the Public Press, During the Year 1866
Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1867. First edition. Hardcover. 8vo. [5], 6-299, [3] pp. Maroon cloth with borders in blind on the boards, gold lettering and gold devices on the spine. Yellow endpapers and pastedowns. Illustrated with a frontispiece and with seven plates by Thomas Nast. Encyclopedia Britannica, "Petroleum V. Nasby American humorist". Petroleum V. Nasby was a pseudonym for David Ross Locke, an American journalist who lampooned Confederate southerners and their political positions. President Lincoln enjoyed these satirical letters, and would sometimes share one with his cabinet. Very Good or better. Item #000014076
Light rubbing to the corners and spine's tips.
Price: $75.00