Signed book: A Copious and Critical Latin-English Lexicon by E. A. Andrews. NY: Harper & Brothers, 1858. Leatherbound hardcover, 7.25 x 10.25, 1648 pages. Signed on a free end page in black ink, "J. A. Garfield, Hiram 1859." Garfield's personal bookplate, "Inter Folia Fructus, Library of James A. Garfield," is affixed to the front pastedown. Autographic condition: fine, with scattered light toning. Book condition: restored to VG/None, with edgewear to boards. Garfield had attended Hiram College from 1851 to 1854, where he was most interested in the study of Greek and Latin. In 1856, he returned to Hiram as a teacher, and was named the college's president in 1857. A superb personally-owned book from early in Garfield's professional career.
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