[AMERICANA] THE DIARY OF JAMES K. POLK DURING HIS PRESIDENCY, 1845-1849, NOW FIRST PRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT IN THE COLLECTIONS OF THE CHICAGO HISTORICAL SOCIETY [4 VOLUMES; IN PUBLISHER’S BOX]

Chicago: A. C. McClurg & Co.~, 1910. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine binding. Four large octavo volumes; in the publisher’s blue paper-covered boards backed in glazed linen, with two paper labels; xxxii, 498 pages; 494 pages; 508 pages; 462 pages, including Index; each volume with an engraved frontispiece, with two tissue guards, the second of which is captioned in red; the set is housed in the publisher’s paper-covered boards, with a pastedown title to the top; the pages are unopened.~~President Polk decided to keep this voluminous diary in 1845 “when a very important conversation took place in [the] Cabinet [LOC.Gov].~~"This work forms volumes VI-IX of the Chicago Historical Society's collection, a special issue of 500 copies being printed for the purposes of that society."~~A beautiful and bright copy of this set, in the original slipcase which has been discreetly repaired. From the library of historian Gary W. Gallagher, with a card attesting to this laid in. (Howes F-445). Fine binding.