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E.P. Hurlbut. Civil Office and Political Ethics, With an Appendix.... NY: Taylor & Clement, 1840. 1st edition. Hurlbut was a New York Supreme Court judge, a person of influence in New York in the mid-1800s, and a friend of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. This is a book on civics, with chapters on man in the state of nature, the formation and powers of the federal government, the various offices and powers of the state and towns of New York and political ethics. A very scarce title, with no copies found in the OCLC. Small 8vo. with a leather label on the spine. The leather-bound book is in better than good antiquarian condition.