Fremont, Jessie Benton: Souvenirs of My Time

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Fremont, Jessie Benton : Souvenirs of My Time

D. Lothrop and Company, Boston, MA, 1887

Original publisher's maroon cloth binding with gilt lettering on spine. Top edge gilt. Deckled fore-edge. 5" x 7 1/2." 393 pages, complete. Nine black-and-white plates including a frontispiece portrait of the author, complete. Former owner's bookplate of "Wm. Carey Jones" tipped in on front pastedown. Pages and covers are very clean and intact overall. Spine is sunned and has faded to a light brown. A couple tiny dampstains and minuscule rubbing to the covers. Minimal splitting to inner hinges. Head and tail of spine slightly worn. Pages are age-toned and slight wear to deckled edges. A Very Good copy. Souvenirs of My Time is an autobiography by Jessie Benton Fremont (1824-1902). She was the wife of John C. Fremont (1813-1890), the famous politician, explorer, and first Republican presidential nominee of the United States. Part of the reason Jessie wrote this book was to help support her family following the Panic of 1873.. Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover

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