Published by P.M. Davis, New York, 1835
Seller: Long Brothers Fine & Rare Books, ABAA, Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Early Edition. 12vo. Pp. 252pp. Frontis. and six full page engraved plates. Original three-quarter calf over marbled boards. Good only, binding holding, spine worn with loss to ends, some pages creased, owner notes and drawing to pastedowns.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Full leather. Joseph Allen, 1837 printing. Name inside cover. Internally very good, except first two pages have damp stain. Front hinge is weakened and almost split. Hardcover. Ships daily.
Published by P. M. Davis, 1835
Seller: Chaco 4ever Books, Montevideo, MO, Uruguay
Encuadernacià n de tapa dura. Condition: Muy bien. 8vo. 252pp and 6 full page engraved plates (including frontispiece). Some light foxing and some minor slight waterstaining. Bound in full marbled calf, spine rebacked. W41.
HORRY, Colonel [Peter] and WEEMS, M[ason] L. The Life of Gen. Francis Marion: The Most Celebrated Partisan Officer in the Revolutionary War against the British and Tories, in South Carolina and Georgia. New-York: P.M. Davis, 1835. 252pp. Frontis., plates. Orig. calf-backed marbled boards. Front outer hinge cracked but holding, boards rubbed, spine ends abraded, light scattered foxing, else very good. HOWES H-650, "General Horry furnished the facts, Parson Weems the rhetoric; so much of it that Horry became indignant and disclaimed all connection with the book. Unabashed, Weems continued its publication through many editions." A later edition of the biography of Francis "Swamp Fox" Marion, compiled from information supplied by Gen. Peter Horry and written by the famed parson Mason Weems. Marion was a hero of the Revolution, and it was largely due to his actions and strategy that the turning point was reached in the South.