Bidspirit auction | State of New York. Conkling

State of New York. Conkling Memorial: Proceedings in Relation to the Death of Roscoe Conkling. Weed, Parsons and Company, 1889. - This hardcover memorial volume, titled Conkling Memorial, contains the Proceedings of the Senate and Assembly of the State of New York, in relation to the death of Ex-Senator Roscoe Conkling, held at the Capitol on May 9, 1888. Published in 1889 by Weed, Parsons and Company in Albany, New York, the book is bound in dark textured publisher's cloth. The front cover is decorated with a blind-stamped border and a central gilt-stamped laurel wreath enclosing the title. The volume features a frontispiece engraved portrait of Roscoe Conkling with a facsimile signature and includes the memorial oration delivered by Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll. Internal pages detail concurrent resolutions from January 1889 regarding the printing of the memorial, stating that 8,000 copies were ordered for distribution to the members of the Legislature, officers, and reporters. Each page of the text is framed within a printed rule border. A pencil notation of $3.50 is present on the upper corner of a front flyleaf. No dust jacket is present. The cloth binding exhibits significant shelf wear, including rubbing and fraying at the corners and the head and foot of the spine, resulting in the exposure of the underlying boards. The front and back covers show surface scuffing and light staining. The interior pages show general age-toning, with prominent foxing especially noted on the engraved frontispiece portrait and the adjacent title page and leaves.