Signed book: Archdeacon Paley’s View of the Evidences of Christianity. Philadelphia: Troutman & Hayes, 1852. Hardcover, 4 x 6, 264 pages. Signed on the first free end page in pencil with his ownership signature, “James A. Garfield.” Garfield’s personal bookplate is also affixed to the front pastedown. Autographic condition: very good, with foxing, soiling, and a small tear to the first free end page. Book condition: G+/None. Accompanied by a custom-made clamshell box. The first presidential memorial library, completed at the Lawnfield estate in Ohio by First Lady Lucretia Garfield four years after her husband’s assassination, houses almost 3,000 books that were used and treasured by the 20th president. More than two decades ago, several dozen of his books were deaccessioned, with this personal volume among them. This book in particular offers some insight into Garfield's religious beliefs—he had been baptized into the Disciples of Christ in 1850.
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