Philadelphia: J.B. Lippincott, 1861. Second edition (reprint of the first edition, issued anonymously, the previous year). 8vo. 47 pp. Kennedy (1795-1870), novelist, author of Swallow Barn and other works of Southern setting, and statesman, once Secretary of the Navy, "strove, by writing and speaking, to prevent secession. When this proved..... More
Baltimore: Maryland Historical Society, 1845. First edition. 8vo. 22.5 cm. 50 pp. Original printed wrappers. Soiled with some erosion to spine, else a very good copy. The second annual address to the Society. BAL 11052. More
Philadelphia, (PA): Lea and Blanchard, 1849. First edition. 8vo. 2 volumes: 417; 450, (1) pp. Portrait frontispiece to volume one, folding facsimile; errata leaf. Wirt served as prosecutor in the 1807 treason case against Aaron Burr and as United States Attorney General, 1817-1829. Howes K-87 ("aa"). Sabin 37414. BAL 11056..... More
Philadelphia [PA]: Lea and Blanchard, 1849. First edition. Two volumes. 8vo. 417, (4, ads) 16 [publisher's catalogue], (32, publisher's catalogue); 450, (1, errata) pp. Frontispiece portrait, folding facsimile. Wirt (1772-1834) served as prosecutor in the 1807 treason case against Aaron Burr and as Attorney General of the United States, 1817-1829..... More
