Memoirs and Letters of Charles Sumner; Four-Volume Set -Vols. I & II, 1877; Vols. III & IV, 1893 de Pierce, Edward L.; Charles Sumner

Boston: Roberts Brothers Four volume Set, Complete. All Volumes are First Editions, uniformly bound in Half leather with marbled sides, and matching marbled endpapers and edges; All volumes gifted, in ink, "From Ed & Georgie", on blank front free end papers, and two of the volumes are ink-stamped with the owner's name "E.P. Reed, No. Abington, Mass." on the front matter, otherwise all textblocks are bright, clean, unmarked and tightly bound; Volumes I (1811-1838) & II (1838-1845) were published in 1877; Volumes III (1845-1860) & IV (1860-1874) were published in 1893. Spines elaborately gilt-stamped and lettered; A beautiful, well-preserved set. Expect additional postage request for Priority Mail or delivery outside the United States; Charles Sumner was a United States Senator from Massachusetts (1851-1874), a staunch abolitionist, and a founding member of the Republican Party. He supported Abraham Lincoln for declaring war on the southern successionist states, but was also critical of Lincoln as being too soft on the South during the Civil War.. First Edition. Half Heather, Marbled Sides. Very Good+. Illus. by Engraved frontispiece of Charles Sumner. 8vo - 7 3/4" - 9 3/4 " Tall. Hardcover.