Language: English
Published by John F. Blair Publisher, 2000
ISBN 10: 0895871963 ISBN 13: 9780895871961
Seller: Book House in Dinkytown, IOBA, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.
Association Member: IOBA
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Very good- paperback copy. Shelfwear, binding sturdy but lightly cocked.
Condition: New.
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Seller: Revaluation Books, Exeter, United Kingdom
US$ 20.52
Quantity: 2 available
Add to basketPaperback. Condition: Brand New. repirnt edition. 240 pages. 11.75x5.50x0.75 inches. In Stock.
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Woodford Green, United Kingdom
US$ 19.48
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Add to basketCondition: New.
Seller: GreatBookPricesUK, Woodford Green, United Kingdom
US$ 21.38
Quantity: Over 20 available
Add to basketCondition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
Published by Printed for the Author, Philadelphia, 1809
Seller: Capitol Hill Books, ABAA, Washington, DC, U.S.A.
Condition: Very Good. Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1809. Eighth Edition -- Greatly Improved. 12mo; contemporary calf with faint gilt ruling to spine; leather title label detached and laid in; 228pp. Seven plates including frontispiece and Washington portrait, collated complete. Wear and scuffing to boards; chipping and shallow loss to base of spine; cracked along bottom of joints; corners bumped; front board bowed towards fore-edge; binding sound; toning and minor chipping to pages; larger chip and brief loss of meaning to bottom corner of pp. 83-84; Good to Very Good. Notably this copy bears three ownership signatures of Nicholas Van Rensselaer, who, in his obituary in 1848, is noted as a "venerable relic of the Revolution" and is described asbeing with Montgomery at the storming of Quebec, at Ticonderoga, Fort Miller, and conveyingthe intelligence of the surrender of Burgoyne to Albany. A lovely association copy of the first biography of Washington, which Weems revised and republished for several years after its initial publication circa 1800. Weems is responsible for many apocryphal stories surrounding Washington, such as the "I cannot tell a lie" quote and the cherry tree tale. Sabin 102486.