JUDAH P. BENJAMIN.
Butler, Pierce:
Philadelphia. [1907]. 459pp. Portrait. Original blue cloth, spine gilt, t.e.g. Worn at spine ends and corners, else near fine. The first full-length biography of the Jewish lawyer who became the Confederate Attorney General, Secretary of War, and Secretary of State. Though a century old, the ANB calls Butler's work "still valuable and beautifully written." "A comprehensive, judicious, and sympathetic biography" - Nevins. A volume in the "American Crisis Biographies" series. NEVINS II, p.43. ANB 2, pp.568-70.
(Item ID: WRCAM37637) $150.00