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Millard Fillmore: Signed Book from His Library

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Autographs Start Price:675.00 USD Estimated At:750.00 - 1,000.00 USD
Millard Fillmore: Signed Book from His Library
<B>Millard Fillmore: A Signed Book from His Personal Library</B></I>: John Stewart's <I>Stable Economy; A Treatise on the Management of Horses, In Relation to Stabling, Grooming, Feeding, Watering, and Working.</B></I> (New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1845), 378 pages including Index plus several pages of advertisements and an "Appleton's Catalogue of Valuable Publications", black tooled cloth with gilt lettering on the spine, 8vo (4.75" x 8"), clear plastic dust jacket. Signed "<I>Millard Fillmore Buffalo</B></I>" on the front free endpaper. Fillmore lived in Buffalo, New York for many years before his election as vice president under Zachary Taylor, establishing both a family and a highly successful law firm in northern New York. He was also an avid reader and bookworm who was the first to establish a library in the White House when he discovered its lack of reading material. His copy of <I>Stable Economy</B></I> presented here is in good condition, with usual shelf wear and a small dampstain that affects a minor area of each page of the book. The binding is sound. A previous owner's bookplate is affixed to the front pastedown. The book comes housed in a quarter leather slipcase with marbled boards, gilt spine titles and five raised leather spine bands. This personal copy from Millard Fillmore's library is a rare find.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Books & Catalogs (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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