1805 · Augusta
by [HAMILTON, Alexander] NOTT, Eliphalet
Augusta: Peter Edes & Son, 1805. Octavo (20.5cm.); removed; 23,[1],viiipp.; text printed on pale blue stock except for final signature. Light toning to title page (serving as upper cover), rear signature ("Appendix") nearly separated but present; Good or better overall. Oft-reprinted address by the president of Union College, highly critical of the practice of duelling: "Who is it then that calls the duellist to the dangerous and deadly combat? Is it God? No; on the contrary he forbids it. Is it then his country? No: No; she also utters her prohibitionary voice.--Who is it then? /A man of honor/. And who is this man of honor? A man, perhaps, whose (truncated)