HAMILTON, ALEXANDER; MADISON, JAMES; AND JAY, JOHN. THE FEDERALIST A Collection of Essays, Written in Favour of the New

Constitution, as Agreed upon by the Federal Convention, September 17, 1787. 2 volumes. 12mo, 162x95 mm, contemporary calf, very neatly rebacked, fore-corners skillfully renewed; inner margin repaired on G6 (affecting last letter in each line of text on verso) and small fore-margin repair on L3 in Volume 1, tear discreetly repaired on Ii4 (crossing 14 lines of text) in Volume 2; bookplates; 1/4 morocco slipcase. New York: J. and A. M'Lean, 1788 FIRST EDITION. Morocco bookplates of Charles Heartman and Josiah Kirby Lilly; rear endpaper of second volume neatly stamped: "Indiana University/ Lilly Library/ Duplicate Released [8 Nov. 1962]." Evans 21127; Grolier/American 19; Printing and the Mind of Man 234; Streeter Sale 2:1049 ("... the most influential American political work.").