Pacifism ladd william (1 risultati)

First Edition. First printing. Octavo (24cm). In original dark brown cloth, blind-stamped on boards, titled in gold on spine; plain endpapers; xiii, [vi], xii [13] 14-706pp. A straight, tight copy, spine sunned, rubbed at extremities, with inch-long crack to base of lower joint; minor foxing throughout, but otherwise bright: Very Good. In the 1830s the American Peace Society held an essay contest "on the subject of a Congress of Nations," judged by John Quincy Adams, James Kent, and Daniel Webster (iii, v). This volume collected the best essays, as well as Ladd's own contribution--intended as a summary of rejected essays, but in fact an outline of his own concept of a "congress and a supreme court of nations" modeled on the American government. This scheme was "mainly reponsible for engendering the international peace movement of the mid-nineteenth century under the leadership of Elihu Burritt" (ANB). Ladd's essay was also published separately in 1840 as An Essay on a Congress of Nations (priority unknown; see American Imprints 40-3846). See Brock, Pacifism in the United States p.487. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 40-5565.…