Three Score and Eleven: being addresses and miscellaneous writings, clipped from various publications and printed for gratuitous distribution amongst relatives, friends and those to whom he is indebted for similiar favors William Lounsbery

hardcover (1904,c1904) in brown pebbled boards with gold gilt titles to spine, photo illustration of Author as frontispiece, 258 pages, preface by Hon. D. M. DeWitt, well preserved inner hinges, end papers without markings, water mark to lower edge of first 14 pages and lower portion of outside page deck, William Lounsbery born 1831 in Stone Ridge; served in the Civil War as commissary for the NYS Militia 20th Regiment holding the rank of 1st Lieutenant; elected to the NYS Assembly in 1868; 2nd City of Kingston Mayor in 1878; US House of Representatives in 1879, a fascinating account of the people and places Lounsbery had encountered in his public life told in a chronology of his writings and speeches, in the Preface his business associate describes this work as an autobiography of the intellect, this book is the only first edition of his treatise available for public sale