[Slavery/Harper’s Ferry/Lincoln/WV/Misc.]. 7 Titles from the library of William Safire. 12mo/8vo. ++ INVASION OF HARPER’S FERRY. SPEECH OF HON. BENJAMIN F. WADE, Of Ohio. Delivered in the United States Senate, December 14, 1859. (Washington, D. C.: Buell & Blanchard, Printers… C. W. Murray, Stereotyper. 1860. [1]-8 pp. Removed from a bound volume. Toned. Very good. Debunks accusations that the Republicans secretly sympathized with John Brown and the men who performed the attack on Harper's Ferry. ++ REMARKS OF HON. LYMAN TRUMBULL, OF ILLINOIS, On seizure of Arsenals at Harper’s Ferry, Va., and Liberty, Mo… Delivered in the United States Senate, December 6, 7, and 8, 1859. (Washington, D. C.: Buell & Blanchard, Printers. 1859.) [1]-16 pp. Removed. ++ HARPER’S FERRY INVASION. (Title as it appears on spine.) 36th Cong.,, 1st Sess. Sen. Rep. Com. No. 278. [1]-255, [1] pp. Orig cloth with blind-stamped eagle emblem on covers. Gilt lettering on spine dulled, corners a little worn. Some dampstaining and foxing. ++ A POLITICAL TEXT-BOOK FOR 1860: Comprising a Brief View of Presidential Nominations and Elections: Including All the National Platforms Ever Yet Adopted: Also, A History of the Struggle respecting Slavery in the Territories, and of the Action of Congress as to the Freedom of the Public Lands… NY: Tribune Association, 1860. [3], IV-X, [9]-254pp, ads either lacking or not issued with this edition. Maroon cloth with old leather corners, new adhesive strip over spine and joints. Rehinged. Corners of covers rounded. Paper brittle, a few marginal tears/chips at front/rear of volume, rubber stamp to lower margin of page [III]. Exterior quite stained. Internal dampstaining is mostly to lower margin of some portions, last leaves a little spotted. Sabin 28493. ++ HOW WEST VIRGINIA WAS MADE. Proceedings of the First Convention of the People of Northwestern Virginia At Wheeling May 13, 14 and 15, 1861, and the Journal of the Second Convention of the People of Northwestern Virginia at Wheeling, Which Assembled, June 11th, 1861… Introduction, Annotations and Addenda by Virgil A. Lewis… (Charleston: News-Mail Company), 1909. Orig green cloth. Some scuffing. Soilling around top of spine. Eps, frontis, and title foxed. Dark pencilling to ffep. Interior very good. Bookplate on front pastedown. ++ Alphonse Jouault. ABRAHAM LINCOLN: Sa Jeunesse et sa Vie Politique. Paris: Hachette et Cie., 1875. [title leaf], [1]-256pp, frontis recto is mounted to the front pastedown. Introduction begins on page [1], and is immediately followed by the text. Table of contents is on last 4 numbered pages. Lacks any other preliminary content. Title leaf is loose. Light foxing. Marginal loss at corners/edges mostly toward rear of volume. 19th or early 20th Century cloth with modern red leather label. Covers dampstained. ++ LAWS OF THE STATE OF MARYLAND, Made and Passed At a Session of the General Assembly, begun and held at the City of Annapolis, on the 2nd day of January, 1867, and ended on the 23rd day of March, 1867. Annapolis: Henry A. Lucas, 1867. [3], 4-1021 pp. Contemp leather. Covers loose. Interior very good.