Benjamin Perley Poore

PERLEY'S REMINISCENCES OF SIXTY YEARS IN THE NATIONAL METROPOLIS, Volumes I-II

Philadelphia: Hubbard Brothers, 1886. 1st Edition. Leather. 2 vols. 544p; 543p. A set of two hardcover books bound in 3/4 leather with cloth boards. Features gilt edges and silk endpapers. Corners rubbed through and edges chafed. The spines are worn and crackly along the edges, but the binding itself is still secure for normal ahndling and the covers are not detaching. Owner's signature in both volumes, but text unmarked. Item #177629

Poore was a 19th-century American political journalist who founded the Gridiron Club. This memoir is illustrated with lots of black and white engravings.

Price: $125.00