Some Memorials of John Hampden, His Party and His Times.

Early edition of this biography on the parliamentarian leader John Hampden; from the library of William Tecumseh Sherman. Octavo, bound in three-quarters morocco over marbled boards with gilt titles to the spine in five compartments within raised gilt bands, top edge gilt, rest of text block stained red, frontispiece, marbled endpapers, third edition revised. General Sherman’s son Philemon Tecumseh Sherman’s bookplate to the front pastedown. In good condition with a loss to the foot of the spine and splitting to the hinges. General Sherman’s library was inherited by P. T. Sherman, who transferred the library to his niece, Eleanor Sherman Fitch, the granddaughter of General Sherman through his eldest daughter, Maria “Minnie” Ewing Sherman Fitch, before he died. Until now, this set was held at the family estate in Washington County, Pennsylvania.