Description: UP FOR SALE TODAY WE HAVE "THE LIFE AND PUBLIC CAREER OF GEN. JAMES A. GARFIELD, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. - THE RECORD OF A WONDERFUL CAREER WHICH, LIKE THAT OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN, BY NATIVE ENERGY AND UNTIRING INDUSTRY, LED ITS HERO FROM OBSCURITY TO THE FOREMOST POSITION IN THE AMERICAN NATION. -- BY GEN. JAMES S. BRISBIN, U.S.A., - TOGETHER WITH A FULL ACCOUNT OF HIS ELECTION TO THE PRESIDENCY, THE FIRST MONTHS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION, HIS CONFLICT WITH THE 'STALWARTS', ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION, SURGICAL TREATMENT, SYMPATHY OF THE NATION, ETC, ETC. ETC. -- BY WILLIAM RALSTON BALCH, MANAGING EDITOR OF THE AMERICAN. -- PUBLISHED BY HUBBARD BROTHERS, PHILADELPHIA, PA.; BOSTON, MASS.; CHICAGO, ILL.; CINCINNATI, O.; ATLANTA, GA.; KANSAS CITY, MO.; C. R. BLACKALL & CO., NEW YORK; WORLD PUBLISHING COMPANY, GUELPH, CANADA; A. L. BANCROFT & CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CAL."(EARLIEST VERSION OF THIS BIOGRAPHY PUBLISHED BEFORE GARFIELD'S DEATH, WHICH INCLUDES MANY MORE PICTURES OF HIS CIVIL WAR CAREER, INCLUDING THREE BATTLEFIELD MAPS!!)-- Here we have a fair, borderline acceptable collectable First Edition copy of this book which records the life of James Garfield from his birth in rural Ohio, to his first few months in office as President in 1881. This is the earliest version of this biography, published while Garfield was still alive attempting to recover from the assassination attempt. The book includes his early life as a student and teacher and then President of Hiram College, and spends a considerable portion on his military career in the Civil War, during which he was promoted from Colonel to Brigadier General. After the war he was elected to the Congress and Senate several times before being elected president in 1880. The book is illustrated with fifteen full page illustrations as well as three full page battlefield maps to help visually describe some of the scenes described in the book. Later versions of this book cut some of the Civil War history and add more about his assassination and burial. This book was sold by subscription only, this copy having been delivered to its recipient on September, 10th, 1881 at a cost of two dollars, according to the penned information on the front flyleaf. I find copies of this book ranging in price from ten to thirty dollars plus shipping.-- THIS IS A HARDCOVER BOOK OF 681 PAGES, WHICH MEASURES ABOUT 8 BY 5 INCHES IN DIAMETER, AND IS 2 AND A HALF INCHES THICK--I AM PUTTING THIS UP FOR SALE TODAY AT A REASONABLE BUY-IT-NOW PRICE WITH FREE SHIPPING, OR FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT YOUR BEST OFFER--GARY FROM HAUNTED MANSION RELIX--
Price: 20 USD
Location: Hinsdale, New Hampshire
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Binding: Hardcover
Place of Publication: PHILADELPHIA
Publisher: HUBBARD BROTHERS
Modified Item: No
Subject: Americana
Year Printed: 1881
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Illustrator: UNKNOWN
Special Attributes: 1st Edition, Collector's Edition, Illustrated, 15 ENGRAVINGS PLUS 3 CIVIL WAR BATTLEFIELD MAPS!!, 1ST IMPRESSION COPY, REC'D SEPT 10TH, 1881 BY ITS SUBSCRIBER!!, SORRY, EXTREMELY WORN, WITH FOXING, SOILING & OTHER ISSUES!!
Author: GEN. JAMES S. BRISBIN & WILLIAM RALSTON BALCH
Region: UNITED STATES
Topic: Civil War (1861-65)
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Character Family: WASHINGTON AFFAIRS
