[Rarebooks] FS - The Acquisition of Louisiana, Judge Thomas M. Cooley

[Michael Watson]

FS - The Acquisition of Louisiana, Judge Thomas M. Cooley

Cooley, Judge Thomas M., The Acquisition of Louisiana, The Bowen-Merrill
Co, 1887, 1st Edition, Softcover, 8vo  8" - 9" tall, 25 pp., VG/ NONE,
Small chip to tail corner of front cover and first 2 pages, small chip
to head corner of front cover. Tiny chip to head corner of back cover.
Faint sunning to all edges and possible soil to tail edge of front
cover. Single punched hole through booklet at center of spine, to hold
book in a binder. Small chapbook documents an address about the
acquisition of the Louisiana territory, presented to the Indiana
Historical Society in February 16, 1887. The address by Judge Cooley is
filled with very strong, provocative opinion about the politics and
social environment in which the acquisition took place. 1st per Zempel
and Verkler. Inside front cover lists the IHS Board of Directors et al.
Missing the last page of the text: 24 of 25 pages present.
Lightly-textured thin green wraps. Interior clean. VG condition.
$62.00 USD

$3.50 for USPS Media Rate mailing. Alternatives available.

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