signed first edition
1864 · New Orleans, LA
by W.W. [William Wallace] Handlin
New Orleans, LA: Printed by Isaac T. Hinton, 1864. Good. New Orleans, [LA]: Printed by Isaac T. Hinton, 1864. First Edition. Signed by Handling at front free endpaper with inscription, "To my friend Mr. E.K. Washington, The Author." Octavo. 107, [1]pp. Original brown cloth stamped in gilt. Split along length of front joint; worn, rippled, and spotted with a bit of warping to boards. Binding sound. Old dampstaining to endpapers; "H. Scofield Home Library" bookplate, presumably of Hiram Scofield, to front pastedown; occasional pencil marginalia. A Good copy only of the future Judge's collection of essays on Demagogues, Slavery, Suffrage, and all of the major issues confronting the nation at the time.
(Inventory #: 32517)