1898-1900. · Boston & New York
by [American Statesmen]: Lodge, Henry Cabot; John Morse; [and others]
Boston & New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1898-1900.. Thirty-two volumes. Uniform green cloth, stamped in gilt. Minor shelf wear. Overall very good. The Standard Library Edition of this monumental set of biographies of great American statesmen. There are twenty-eight book-length treatments of such luminaries as Benjamin Franklin, Samuel Adams, Patrick Henry, George Washington (two volumes), John Adams, Alexander Hamilton, Gouverneur Morris, John Jay, John Marshall, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Albert Gallatin, James Monroe, J.Q. Adams, John Randolph, Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, Henry Clay (two volumes), Daniel Webster, John C. Calhoun, Thomas H. Benton, Lewis Cass, Abraham Lincoln (two volumes), William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, Charles Francis Adams, Charles Sumner, and Thaddeus Stevens. The last volume is an index and selected bibliography. A wonderful set. (Inventory #: WRCAM50433)