$7,560
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
A Fine Collection of American Literature and History
Auction: June 8, 2023 12:00 PM EDT
New-York: Printed by A. Forman, 1804. First edition. 8vo. 32 pp. Three-quarter red morocco over red cloth-covered boards, stamped in gilt, spine slightly faded; all edges trimmed; marbled endpapers; scattered foxing to text. Ford 103; Howes B-1010; Sabin 29990
A scarce first edition of an account of the infamous Burr-Hamilton duel, containing the correspondence between the two men in the lead up to that fateful evening.