Title: Twenty Years of Congress 1861-1881: From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860, Volume 1 (Volume 2 not included)

Author: James G. Blaine

Publisher: Henry Bill Publishing Co., Norwich, Connecticut

Publishing Date: 1884

Edition: First?

Binding: Gilt, spine embossed, leather bound

Pages: 646, marbled edges

Illustrated: Yes. Includes fold-out map of U.S. Territorial Growth

Interior Condition: Interior pages are intact except first two blank endpapers are loose. Inside split along front board seam. Otherwise, very good

Exterior Condition: Loose spine flap, some spotting, edge and corner wear, spine chipping. Fair

Size: 4to

Comments: James Gillespie Blaine (January 31, 1830 - January 27, 1893) was a U.S. Representative, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, U.S. Senator from Maine, and two-time United States Secretary of State. He was a dominant Republican leader of the post-Civil War period, obtaining the 1884 Republican nomination, but lost to Democrat Grover Cleveland.