KU KLUX KLAN. ITS ORIGIN, GROWTH AND DISBANDMENT

Lester, J.C.; and D.L. Wilson

Published by Wheeler, Osborn & Duckworth, Nashville, Tenn., 1884

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12mo. 117, [3 blanks] pp, printed on thick paper. Original printed wrappers. Bound into modern cloth [bookplate of Charles W. Early on front pastedown] with title stamped in gilt on front cover. Title leaf detached but present [torn in blank inner margin, text unaffected]. A clean and bright text. Except as noted, Very Good. "Lester was one of the ten founding fathers of this order" [Howes]. "During the year 1884 Mr. Lester wrote and had printed a small paper-bound book. . . Only a limited number of the book was published. Lester died unaware that he was leaving behind him an everlasting self-erected monument to his memory, the one and only authentic history of the exact origin, career and disbanding of the Ku Klux Klan that has ever been written either before or since. . . [T]here are now only a very few copies extant" [Eberstadt, quoting another source]. Lester says his "narrative will relate principally to the growth of the Klan and the measures taken to suppress it in Tennessee," where it was founded in the Town of Pulaski. He describes the Klan as a "club" or "society" founded in the offices "of one of the most prominent members of the Pulaski bar." Its "object was amusement." Streeter acquired his copy from Eberstadt. FIRST EDITION. Howes L272 aa. 165 Eberstadt 348. Streeter Sale 1295.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: KU KLUX KLAN. ITS ORIGIN, GROWTH AND DISBANDMENT
• Publisher: Wheeler, Osborn & Duckworth, Nashville, Tenn.
• Publication Date: 1884
• Seller catalogs:
  • LAW
  • HOWES
  • AMERICANA
  • CIVIL WAR
  • SLAVERY