Macaulay, Thomas Babington. On The Durability Of American Institutions", A Letter Written In 1857 By Lord Macaulay. San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press / Florence Walter, 1941.

Price: US$185.00 + shipping

Condition: Very Good

Description: One of 50 copies. Hardcover, bound in cloth over paper covered boards. The binding fore-corners rubbed with some loss; cloth discolored, lacking spine label; text unmarked.

Seller: Moroccobound Fine Books, IOBA, Lewis Center, OH, U.S.A.

Macaulay, Thomas Babington (Lord). On The Durability Of American Institutions", A Letter Written In 1857 By Lord Macaulay. The Grabhorn Press / Florence Walter, San Francisco, 1941.

Price: US$225.00 + shipping

Condition: Fine

Description: Fine Press Printing Of Only 50 Copies On French Handmade Paper Printed At The Grabhorn Press For Florence Walter. Oatmeal Cloth Over Plain Green Paper Covered Boards. Fine, Except Lacking The Spine Label And With Extremely Shallow 1/2" Bump On Bottom Edge Of Each Board. From The 1857 Letter: ".Your Constitution Is All Sail And No Anchor. Either Some Caesar Or Napoleon Will Seize The Reins Of Government With A Strong Hand, Or Your Republic Will Be Fearfully Plundered And Laid Waste By Barbarians In The 20Th Century As The Roman Empire Was In The Fifth, With This Difference. Your Huns And Vandals Will Have Been Engendered Within Your Own Country By Your Own Institutions." Or, Both, As Study Of The Dynamics Of History Should Show, But Never Does Due To The Prejudices Of Those Identifying Unconsciously Either With The Elites Or With The Powerless And Finding The "Huns And Vandals" To Be The Other Group.

Seller: Arroyo Seco Books, Pasadena, Member IOBA, Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.