Sale 2455 - Printed & Manuscript Americana, September 28, 2017

263 c   TOCQUEVILLE,ALEXIS DE. Democracy in America. xxx, 464; xx, 355 pages. 2 volumes. 8vo, unmatched publisher’s cloth, minor wear, first volume tastefully rebacked with portion of original backstrip laid down; moderate foxing, moderate dampstaining to first volume. NewYork:Adlard & Saunders, 1838 and 1840 [4,000/6,000] first american edition , with a new preface by John Canfield Spencer (who later served as Secretary of War).Volume I is the Adlard & Saunders issue (priority over the more common Dearborn issue is undetermined), andVolume II is published by J. & H.G. Langley. Clark, Old South, III:111-36, 42; Howes T278-9 (“aa”); Sabin 96064-5.