[WEBB, Samuel, ed.]

History of Pennsylvania Hall, Which was Destroyed by a Mob, on the 17t

Item #6766

[WEBB, Samuel, ed.]. History of Pennsylvania Hall, Which Was Destroyed by a Mob, on the 17th of May, 1838. Phila.: Merrihew & Gunn, 1838. 1st ed. 200 pp., errata, frontis, 2 plates. In contemporary marbled paper over boards with tasteful modern cloth spine and morocco title label. Boards a trifle rubbed. Binding solid. Contemporary gift inscription in ink on the front free endpaper and later bookplate on the front pastedown. Additional owner name and address on the rear pastedown. Contents are clean with only light foxing. A very good copy. Howes W-189. Currier p. 611. Contains John G. Whittier's poem "Pennsylvania Hall." An important collection of speeches and articles concerning the most violent attack on the abolitionists in Philadelphia's history. Color frontis and two other plates including John Sartain's striking image of the burning of Pennsylvania Hall.

Price: $750.00