Rare first edition containing the first appearance of the 13th Amendment in book form: The Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States. First edition. NY: R. Spalding, 1865. Hardcover bound in original brown cloth with gilt-stamped title, 5.75 x 8.75, 86 pages. This desirable Civil War-era edition features the text of the Declaration of Independence and United States Constitution, including the recently passed 13th Amendment abolishing slavery. Book condition: G+/None, with the front joint split and cover barely attached, title page partially detached, and edgewear; an otherwise clean volume.
