A Manual of Parliamentary Practice: Composed Originally for the Use of the Senate of the United States. Philadelphia: Parrish, Dunning & Mears, 1853.
First Edition Thus by this publisher. Octavo, original black cloth over boards, blindstamped, gilt lettering on spine, ownership signature and date of Silas Dean Reed, member of Massachusetts House of Representatives 1897–1902 and Senate 1905–1906. "A Manual of Parliamentary Practice: Composed Originally for the Use of the Senate of the United States by Thomas Jefferson, with References to the Practice and Rules of the House of Representatives, the Whole Brought Down to the Practice of the Present Time; to Which Are Added the Rules and Orders, Together with the Joint Rules of Both Houses of Congress, and Accompanied with Copious Indices." Very Good, shelf wear, some bubbling to cloth, fading to spine, some foxing to pages.
Price: $150.00