THE REMINISCENCES OF NEAL DOW: RECOLLECTIONS OF EIGHTY YEARS
The Evening Express Publishing Company, 1898. Item #3729
DOW, Fred N. THE REMINISCENCES OF NEAL DOW: RECOLLECTIONS OF EIGHTY YEARS. Illustrated. Portland, Maine: The Evening Express Publishing Company, 1898. Tall 8vo., brown fine-grained quarter-morocco leather & brown cloth over boards, top edge gilt, patterned endpapers; 769 pages. First Edition. Neal Dow [1804-1897] was mayor of Portland, Maine and a very prominent temperance leader, nicknamed the "Napoleon of Temperance." He was a Union Army General during the Civil War. He sponsored the Maine Law of 1851, which prohibited the manufacture and sale of liquor. These memoirs were published posthumously by his son, Fred N. Dow, who was president of the book's publishing firm. Signed presentation from Fred N. Dow on the front endpaper: "To Captain John Dennett, with the compliments of Fred N. Dow." Dennett, who was from Kittery, Maine, was a Captain with the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service. Very Good (some edgewear leather; contents clean & tight). $175.00.
Price: $175.00