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Published by M. M. Belcher. Albany, NY, 1903
Seller: Lee Madden, Book Dealer, Brattleboro, VT, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. No Jacket. Limited, autograph edition (no. 42 of 50); signed by Towne in each volume. Near Fine HCs, no DJs. Tan calico-grain cloth over boards with paper spine labels, titles printed in black; top edges gilt; untrimmed fore and tail edges; laid paper; tissue-guarded frontispieces; 52 plates (full page engravings). Bright, square covers and spine; clean but for few light scuffs; 1st and 3rd volumes have few chips at spine label edges - all titles clear; tightly bound; very slight foxing on few end papers, otherwise bright, clean, crisp interiors; many leaves unopened at fore edges in all volumes - never been read. Edward Cornelius Towne, 2nd generation Transcendentalist, liberal/radical, editor) took the Schroeder-Lossing work and amended, updated, expanded to create this comprehensive life of Washinton. 8vo, 2032 pp; index; illustrated. Signed by Author(s).