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WEBSTER, Daniel. THE WORKS OF DANIEL WEBSTER. Volume I. (- VI.) Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1851. First edition. A 'Subscriber's Copy,' it is signed by Webster on a tipped-in leaf in Vol. 1. Frontis. portraits in Vols. 1 & 2. Six octavo volumes. Publisher's binding of brown cloth, gilt title at spine, blocked in blind on sides, pale yellow endpapers. There is a bit of faint dampstaining to a couple of volumes and nicks and chips to the crowns of the spines. Webster (1782-1852), a lawyer, politician, and renowned orator, posssessed more knowledge of American financial and constitutional subjects than any other statesman of his day. Specific topics examined in this set are: Currency; Banking; the Bank of the United States; Tariff; Sub-Treasury system; the Deposit question; Surplus revenue; Bankruptcy question; Public lands; Nature of the Constitution; Powers of the President; Slavery; and Foreign relations. (Larned 1979). Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of WEBSTER, Daniel : THE WORKS OF DANIEL WEBSTER. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out-of-print books, rare books, libri antichi, livres rares and used books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |