The Papers of James Madison
- SIGNED Hardcover
- Mobile: Allston Mygatt, 1842
Mobile: Allston Mygatt, 1842. Third Edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/No dust jacket as issued. Three volumes complete. Octavo (9.25 x 6 inches). Wove paper. All three volumes recently and expertly rebound in light tan speckled full calf with gilt ruled raised bands, gilt spine lettering, and marbled endpapers. [4] lii, 582, xxi [5]; [4], xxiii, [3], [581]–1242, [4]; [4], xvi, [2], [1243]–1624, clxviii, [10] pp. Half title in each volume. Volume I includes a 21-page appendix. At conclusion of Volume III are an Appendix to the Debates, a Table of References, an Index, a facsimile of the last page of Madison’s manuscript, and three pages of facsimile signatures of the signers of the Constitution. Cases show light rubbing to extremities, notably on raised bands, with a small scrape to spine of Volume III. (Please see images.) Period owner's signature dated in the year of publication (Samuel R. Bullock. Dec 28th. 1842.) on first printer’s blank of each volume. Inked 1952 gift inscription on slip of paper affixed with now-yellowed cellophane tape below original owner’s signature in Volume I. Otherwise internally unmarked and clean with slight age toning and spots of light foxing. Volume I has several dog-ears having been left turned in when the text block was trimmed for rebinding. Known provenance: Signed in year of publication by original owner, Samuel R. Bullock (1817-1849), native of Fayette, KY; gifted in 1952 by his grandson, Joseph H. Bullock (1880-1961) of Lexington, KY, to Angus W. McDonald (1912-1980), also of Lexington KY; donated at an unknown later date to Historic Locust Grove, in Louisville, KY; and sold to benefit that institution.
A year after James Madison’s death, his widow, Dolley Payne Todd Madison, sold to Congress his manuscript notes from the Constitutional Convention of 1787; the notes he had taken on the debates in the Congress of the Confederations in 1782, 1783, and 1787; and his letters preceding the debates of 1783. These papers were published in three volumes in 1840 under the superintendence of Henry D. Gilpin, then Attorney General of the United States, with Thomas Jefferson's notes on the debate over the Declaration of Independence included at the beginning of the first volume. This, the 1842 Mobile, Alabama edition, was the third printing of those papers. The first edition was published in Washington in 1840. A second edition was published in New York in 1841. Sabin 43716. Full sets of all three printings are scarce on the current market. Please note: This is an oversized or heavy item; additional shipping charges will apply.
A year after James Madison’s death, his widow, Dolley Payne Todd Madison, sold to Congress his manuscript notes from the Constitutional Convention of 1787; the notes he had taken on the debates in the Congress of the Confederations in 1782, 1783, and 1787; and his letters preceding the debates of 1783. These papers were published in three volumes in 1840 under the superintendence of Henry D. Gilpin, then Attorney General of the United States, with Thomas Jefferson's notes on the debate over the Declaration of Independence included at the beginning of the first volume. This, the 1842 Mobile, Alabama edition, was the third printing of those papers. The first edition was published in Washington in 1840. A second edition was published in New York in 1841. Sabin 43716. Full sets of all three printings are scarce on the current market. Please note: This is an oversized or heavy item; additional shipping charges will apply.