[Rarebooks] FS: Two titles related to Zachary Taylor (General & President) and the Mexican War.

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(AMERICANA) Sumpter, Arthur. THE LIVES OF GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR AND GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT: TO WHICH IS APPENDED AN OUTLINE HISTORY OF MEXICO, Aboriginal, Colonial and Republican; and a Brief History of the Mexican War; Including Events to the Surrender of the City of Mexico... Illustrated by a Map of Mexico and Twelve Other Spirited Engravings. New York: H. Phelps & Co. 1848. 8vo. 62,(2)pp. Text illustrated with 12 woodcuts (3 are full page), and a woodcut map of Mexico. Orig. decorative blue printed wrappers bound in. BOUND WITH: Pyne, Smith and others. OBITUARY ADDRESSES DELIVERED ON THE OCCASION OF THE DEATH OF ZACHARY TAYLOR, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, in the Senate and House of Representatives, July 10, 1850; with the Funeral Sermon by the Rev. Smith Pyne, D.D. Preached in the Presidential Mansion, July 13, 1850... Washington: Printed by William M. Belt. 1850. 112pp. Black bordered text. Illustrated with a frontispiece of the obverse and reverse of a congressional medal struck to honor Taylor's victory over Mexico, dated May 9, 1848. Orig. black mourning wrappers bound in. Title page with some offset browning from the frontispiece. Later black cloth, gilt stamped front cover with, "Gen Taylor" and "E A Housman 1903" (a previous owner).    $400.00 (trade discount allowed)

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