Cooke, Vincent S. The Life and Public Services of Our Greatest Living Statesman, Hon. James G. Blaine, the Plumed Knight, to which is added, The Life of Gen'l John A. Logan; Complete title below. New York: Bryan, Taylor & Co., 1884. First Edition. [10854]
Olive cloth decorated in gilt, red, and black, 7 3/4 x 6 inches, spine a faded, tight. Small tear to front end paper hinge; nothing is loose. Steel-engraved portraits of James G. Blaine and John A. Logan. Many additional full-page illustrations. 143, 396, 92, 54, 18, 14, 18, 26, 42 pp., (each appendix with separate page numbers). Good. Hardcover.
Complete title of this biography for the Presidential campaign of 1884:
As A Man, the Noblest of His Times; As a Citizen, the Grandest of His Nation; As a Statesman, the Idol of Millions of People. The Life and Public Services of our greatest Living Statesman, Hon. James G. Blaine, "The Plumed Knight." Embracing A Full Account of his Early Life; His Struggles with Poverty and Efforts to Obtain an Education; His Career as a School-teacher; His Brilliant Services as a Congressman; His Able and Patriotic Record in the Senate of the United States and as Secretary of State during Garfield's Able Administration; His Manful Battles with Rings and Corruption in High Places. To which is added, The Life of Gen'l John A. Logan. With a Full Account of his Services as a General and Record as a Statesman. The work also contains an account of the election and administration of every President from Washington to Arthur, and fine portraits of all of them, with a complete History of the Republican Party, and a large amount of valuable statistical matter, giving the returns of all our Presidential elections. Illustrated with Numerous Fine and Appropriate Engravings.
