Item #77847 SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF COM. ROBERT F. STOCKTON. Samuel J. BAYARD.
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF COM. ROBERT F. STOCKTON
SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF COM. ROBERT F. STOCKTON

SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF COM. ROBERT F. STOCKTON

1856. Item #77847

[BAYARD, Samuel J.] A SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF COM. ROBERT F. STOCKTON; with an appendix, comprising his correspondence with the Navy Department respecting his conquest of California; and extracts from the defence of Col. J. C. Fremont, in relation to the same subject; together with his speeches in the Senate of the United States, and his political letters. New York: Derby & Jackson, 1856. First edition; inscribed on the front fly-leaf "Miss Caroline Bayard, with respects of [the] Author." Frontispiece portrait. 210,131,[2] pp. Brown cloth, blocked in blind, gilt-stamped title on spine, pink endpapers. Lightly sunned on spine and rubbed on sides, with a couple small soiled spots. Text leaves show light to moderate foxing, with a slightly musty smell, and some dog-eared corners. Very good. (Howes B254).

Price: $425.00

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