MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS ON POLITICAL AND COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS

1802. 1802 Webster, Noah MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS ON POLITICAL AND COMMERCIAL SUBJECTS I An Address to the President of the United States II An Essay on the Rights of Neutral Nations III A Letter, On the Value and Importance of American Commerce to Great Britain IV A Sketch of the History and Present State of Banks and Insurance Companies in the United States E Beldon and Co, (1802) vii, 228, 48pp 8vo Half-leather over marbled paper boards, marbled end pages, leather spine with elaborate gold stampings, upper edge gilt The book has been neatly rebacked in leather, original spine laid down, closed tear on rear marbled end paper carefully mended with archival (truncated) tape, lower corner tip of first marbled page missing, chip on rear marbled page This book is lacking the title-page; the first blank page is present, with the next page being the Preface page Howes W203 Overall an attractive Very Good+ leatherbound hardcover of a scarce title. (Inventory #: 18070)