1856 First Edition of the First Official Campaign Biography of the First Republican President Ticket.

Desirable. Sotheby’s offered in inferior example with a low estimate of $1,875.00 with commissions. 

The work is historically important, being one of the first formal, national articulations of the values of the newly formed [re-formed] Republican Party. The book identifies the core values of Republicanism as Freedom of Speech, Freedom of the Press, and the Abolition of Slavery. The included Jefferson quotation on the title clarifies the unifying theme of the three tenets as that of removing inequity and injustice for the marginalized and those without voice.

Issued by the same publishing concern that issued Solomon Northup’s Twelve Years a Slave, and Frederick Douglass’ My Bondage and My Freedom.

Hall, Benjamin F. The Republican Party and its Presidential Candidates: Comprising an Accurate Descriptive History of the Republican Party in the United States, from its Origin in 1796 to its Dissolution in 1832; Of the Whig and Democratic Parties during the Interregnum; and of its Re-Formation in 1856, to Defend Freedom of Speech and of the Press and to Resist the Aggressions of the Slave Power. With Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Fremont and Dayton. [Quote] I tremble for my country when I remember that God is just. Jefferson. New York and Auburn. Miller, Orto & Mulligan. 1856. First Edition.

A good + to very good example with fading to spine and boards, remaining solid, crisp, and clean. Some bumping to foredge and one gathering slightly mis-cropped at corner.