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[003588] Van Evrie, John H. (Ed) The Democratic Almanac and Political Compendium. New York: Van Evrie, Horton & Co., 1865. First Edition. 12mo. Paper Covers. Fair. The first three years, all probably published in the preceding year – 1866, [1], 2-82pp, [14]p adverts; 1867, [3], 2-80pp, [14]p adverts and 1868, [1], 2-82pp, [14]p adverts.

Original paper covers, general minor rubbing, creasing, chipping and staining, all lightly foxed and browned internally, the first and third mentioned with heavier foxing, small amount of loss to lower cover of the first mentioned, lower cover and back strip of the second mentioned defective with some loss.

The first three years of this white supremacist almanac, published shortly after the end of the American Civil War by John H. Van Evrie, who was described by the historian George M. Fredrickson as “perhaps the first professional racist in American history” (quoted in Wikipedia), here fulminating against Lincoln, the 13th Amendment and any idea of black emancipation