Bidspirit auction | Fuller, Melville Weston. Address in

Fuller, Melville Weston. Address in Commemoration of the Inauguration of George Washington. Government Printing Office, 1890. - A commemorative printed address by Chief Justice Melville Weston Fuller, LL.D., delivered before the two houses of Congress on December 11, 1889, to mark the centennial of George Washington's inauguration as the first President of the United States. This octavo volume is bound in the original publisher's flexible brown textured cloth with gilt-stamped lettering on the front cover. The title page bears the imprint of the Washington Government Printing Office, dated 1890. The content includes the full text of the Chief Justice's address reflecting on the constitutional and historical significance of the presidency. The interior pages are printed on cream-colored paper and the sewn binding is original and secure. No illustrations, plates, or signatures are present. The binding shows moderate wear, including rubbing and minor staining to the cloth covers. There is bumping and fraying at the corners and small losses of material at the head and tail of the spine. Internally, the pages are clean with light natural toning and no significant foxing, moisture damage, or markings. The original sewn binding remains intact.