Title: The life of George Washington.Author: Edward EverettPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and ...
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Title: The life of George Washington.Author: Edward EverettPublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand, making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington LibraryDocumentID: SABCP01086200CollectionID: CTRG93-B1180PublicationDate: 18600101SourceBibCitation: Selected Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to AmericaNotes: Originally prepared for and published (without the appendix) in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 8th ed., 1860. Includes index.Collation: 348 p., [1] leaf of plates: port; 19 cm
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Good. Bound in publisher's cloth. Hardcover. A few ephemeral cracks to spine cloth. Clean, unmarked pages. 348 pages frontispiece (portrait) 19 cm. Contents: Appendix No. I. Memoir on the last sickness of General Washington and its treatment by the attendent physicians / by James Jackson--Appendix No. II. An inventory of articles at Mount Vernon, with their appraised value annexed--Appendix No. III. Will of Martha Washington of Mount Vernon. Edward Everett was a noted politician, pastor, and Harvard President. He is noted for his speech at Gettysburg proceeding Lincoln.
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Used: Very Good in None as Issued jacket. 1860 Sheldon and Company NY. 1st Edition. Very good copy in the original publisher's gilt-blocked and elaborately blind-tooled brown buckram, all edges gilt. Tissue-guarded frontis. Tight and unmarked with fade to gilt titles on spine. Please email for photos.
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Book. Octavo, xii, xviii, 348 pages. In Good condition. Bound in the publisher's dark green cloth with gilt lettering to the spine. Boards show mild wear including slight scuffs exteriorly. Blind-stamped borders and illustration to the front and rear boards. Shaken binding tilting the spine. Text block has moderate age toning to the edges. Loosed front hinge. Frontispiece with tissue guard. Foxing showing to several pages, including frontispiece, and slight marginalia interiorly. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk Column A, ND-A. 1374897. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Book. 10mo; pp 348; G; yellowish tan spine with gilt text; no jacket; cloth has sunned spine; mild sunning to panel edges; modest fraying wear to edges; embossed borders and design to front and rear; strong boards; text block edges shows modest age toning; previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown; frontispiece with tissue guard impacted with foxing; some foxing to few interior pages; mild cracking to front hinge, as is. NOTE: Shelved in Netdesk office, Case #3. 1332817. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Very Good- This represents Everette's contribution to the literature on Washington. Spine sunned, head and tail of spine a bit frayed, with some sunning to cover, else a nice clean, tight and unmarked book. In publisher's original maroon blind stamped covers. Contains an index, appendix and 12 page publisher's catalog in the rear for the publisher's books. Ref: Sabin 23255; Frontis Portrait; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 348 pages.