Webster daniel whipple edwin p (6 résultats)

Hardcover. Etat : As New. No Jacket. As New condition hardcover book, no dust jacket. Beautifully bound reprint of original by The Legal Classics Library. Minimal shelf wear to covers and spine. Beautiful gilt lettering on spine and covers. Text block edges gilt. Ribbon bookmark intact, not frayed. Sticker with copy number and original owner name on half-title page. All books are individually inspected and described. Never X-Library unless specifically described as such. …

HARDCOVER. Etat : VG. Laid in publisher's card. Like New. Practically pristine, A few small scuffs on edges of gilt text block . Marbled end papers. Sewn in ribbon bookmark intact. Binding solid, pages crisp and clean, no markings found. Leather and gilt bright and shiny. Extremities lightly bumped, strong sharp corners. …

Leather bound. Etat : As new. Classics of Liberty Library/Gryphon Editions, 1993. 706pp. 8vo. Quarter red leather binding with decorative gold titles on spine, decoratve red cloth covers, all edges gilt, marbled paper endpages, ribbon marker.

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good+. Etat de la jaquette : Very Good. First Edition; First Printing. A handsome first edition in Very Good+ condition, boards a little rubbed in the rare, only lightly chipped and edge-worn dust-jacket; Comprising the greatest speeches of "The Defender of the Constitution," selected and arranged for the youth of the United States, to which are added the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and Washington's Farewell Address. With an introduction and notes by Charles F. Richardson, Professor of English in Dartmouth College and an Essay on Webster as a Master of English Style by Edwin P. Whipple; B & W Illustrations; 8vo; cii, 351, [7] pages. …

Hardcover. Etat : Very Good. 1882 Hardcover Edition. Ex-Library. Text is clean, binding is strong. Nice brown cloth cover with gold lettering and black designs. There are a few tiny scrapes and dots on front cover. Corners are very slightly rubbed. 707 pages, speckled edges. Very nice, clean copy.

Hardcover. Etat : Near fine. Half black morocco bordered in gilt, raised bands to spine with gilt devices & decorations, peach marbled boards, 9 1/4 x 6 1/2 inches, minor rubbing to the edges with very good joints. Marbled end papers, top page edges gilt. Fine engraved portrait of Webster by J. A. Wilcox of Boston, with facsimile signature & tissue guard. Vignette engraving of a young Webster on title page. lxii. (Introductory Essay); 707 clean and unmarked pp. with an Index. Pages a bit dark in contrast to the bright white plates (frontis & title page). Slip laid in with provenance, "Memo from R. W. Couper: Given to me by President Eugene Tobin, Hamilton College, on the occasion of my 75th birthday 12/16/97." "One of the nation's greatest orators, Daniel Webster (1782-1852) lent his eloquence to the cause of national unity during the tumultuous years leading to the [American] Civil War. Webster was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire, and gained national prominence as an attorney while serving five terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. After moving to Boston in 1816, he successfully argued several notable cases before the Supreme Court of the United States that helped define the constitutional power of the federal government. Elected to the U.S. Senate in 1827, Webster established his oratorical reputation in the famous 1830 debate with South Carolina senator Robert Hayne over the issue of states' rights and nullification, declaring, 'Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable!' From 1841 to 1843, Webster served a distinguished term as secretary of state before returning to the Senate in 1845. Five years later he endorsed the controversial legislative Compromise of 1850, elements of which his constituents strongly opposed. On July 22, 1850, Webster resigned his Senate seat and accepted appointment as secretary of state. He died two years later at his home in Marshfield, Massachusetts." - US Senate online biographies.Owned by Richard Watrous Couper (1922-2006), b. Binghamton, NY; d. New Hartford, NY. He was educated at Hamilton College (B.A.) and at Harvard (M.A. - History), and after service in the Army during WWII, was an insurance executive (1948-1962). Mr. Couper was associated with Hamilton College in the 1960's, serving as provost, vice president, and acting president. He became the first full-time president of the New York Public Library (1971-1981). He was also president of the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation (1981-1990) an educational philanthropy based in Princeton, NJ. …