[CIVIL WAR] DIARY: 1863-'64-'64-'65.

Adam Gurowski

Washington, D. C. W. H. & O. H. Morrison, 1866.

Hard Cover. 8vo; in the publisher’s green cloth binding; with gilt lettering on the spine and decorations stamped in blind on the boards; (4), 5-413 pages; there are signs of shelf wear and a trivial stain to the spine; there are tide lines on the first few pages but the text is clean; the rear end paper is a bit crinkled.~~Adam Gurowski was a translator for the State Department and a staunch abolitionist. A friend of Walt Whitman who once said "He knew every thing & growled & found fault with everybody—but was always very courteous to me."~~This is an uncommon copy with none in commerce and only 7 copies in OCLC as of 4/3/2025~~~~ (Howes 465).

Good+ binding.
Item #298898

Price: $700.00