Lot 162
Lot 162
From the Library of Edward R. Leahy
The Man Without a Country

Edward Everett Hale, 1865

    Price Realised USD 1,008
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    USD 1,200 - USD 1,800
    The Man Without a Country

    Edward Everett Hale, 1865

    Price Realised USD 1,008
    Price Realised USD 1,008
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    [HALE, Edward Everett (1822-1909)]. The Man Without a Country. Boston: Ticknor and Fields, 1865.

    First edition of this famous work, written to inspire patriotism during the Civil War: "No matter what happens to you, no matter who flatters you or who abuses you, never look at another flag, never let a night pass but you pray God to bless that flag." Peter Parley to Penrod, p. 24. Sabin 39627.

    12mo. Original salmon printed wrappers. Yellow advertisement slip bound in. (Pale dampstain, tiny chip at foot of backstrip.) Quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: Doris Louise Benz (her sale, Christie's, New York, 16 November 1984, lot 172.
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