Author: IRVING, WASHINGTON
Title: Life of Washington
Description: New York: G.P. Putnam, 1859. 1st Thus; First Edition. Hardcover. Tan leather with marbled endpapers and page foreends. Some wear on board ends and corners. Volume labels missing for vol. 1 & 2, otherwise the set has handsome leather. Foxing to endpapers and engraving pages. Content pages otherwise clean and bright.. Five volume set. Preface by Irving dated September 1855. Volume 1 covers the genealogy of Washington and the years 1740-1775 with appendix, Vol 2 has publication date 1855 and has foxing to end papers and covers the years 1775-1777; Vol. 3 has publication date of 1856, has foxing to endpapers and covers years 1777 through 1779; Vol. 4 has a publication date of 1857, foxing to endpapers and covers the years 1780 through 1789; Vol 5 has a publication date of 1859, heavy foxing to endpapers and engravings with clean textual pages and it covers years 1789-1799. The appendix for set is at the end of Vol 5 and it covers the artist who painted portraits of Washington, Washington's farewell address, proceeding of Congress dealing with the death of Washington, Washington's Will, and an extensive index. The volumes open with steel-engraved frontispieces depicting Irving at different stages of his life; the set closes with an index compiled by Samuel Austin Allibone, of bibliographic fame. "George Washington (1732-1799) was the first President of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He presided over the convention that drafted the United States Constitution, which replaced the Articles of Confederation and remains the supreme law of the land. Washington was born into the provincial gentry of Colonial Virginia... He became a young but senior officer in the colonial militia during the first stages of the French and Indian War. He was chosen by the Second Continental Congress in 1775 to be commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in the American Revolution." (Publisher); Vol. 1/5/2022; Engravings; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued .
Keywords: Presidents Revolutionary War History Americana Biography Rare
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Title: Life of Washington
Description: New York: G.P. Putnam, 1859. 1st Thus; First Edition. Hardcover. Tan leather with marbled endpapers and page foreends. Some wear on board ends and corners. Volume labels missing for vol. 1 & 2, otherwise the set has handsome leather. Foxing to endpapers and engraving pages. Content pages otherwise clean and bright.. Five volume set. Preface by Irving dated September 1855. Volume 1 covers the genealogy of Washington and the years 1740-1775 with appendix, Vol 2 has publication date 1855 and has foxing to end papers and covers the years 1775-1777; Vol. 3 has publication date of 1856, has foxing to endpapers and covers years 1777 through 1779; Vol. 4 has a publication date of 1857, foxing to endpapers and covers the years 1780 through 1789; Vol 5 has a publication date of 1859, heavy foxing to endpapers and engravings with clean textual pages and it covers years 1789-1799. The appendix for set is at the end of Vol 5 and it covers the artist who painted portraits of Washington, Washington's farewell address, proceeding of Congress dealing with the death of Washington, Washington's Will, and an extensive index. The volumes open with steel-engraved frontispieces depicting Irving at different stages of his life; the set closes with an index compiled by Samuel Austin Allibone, of bibliographic fame. "George Washington (1732-1799) was the first President of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He presided over the convention that drafted the United States Constitution, which replaced the Articles of Confederation and remains the supreme law of the land. Washington was born into the provincial gentry of Colonial Virginia... He became a young but senior officer in the colonial militia during the first stages of the French and Indian War. He was chosen by the Second Continental Congress in 1775 to be commander-in-chief of the Continental Army in the American Revolution." (Publisher); Vol. 1/5/2022; Engravings; Small 4to 9" - 11" tall. Very Good with No dust jacket as issued .
Keywords: Presidents Revolutionary War History Americana Biography Rare
Price: US$ 599.97 Seller: A Book Legacy
- Book number: 62035
- Book number: 62035
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