[AMERICAN GENERALS]. A group of 4 works, including: RAMSAY,...
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[AMERICAN GENERALS]. A group of 4 works, including: RAMSAY, David. The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States of America. New York: printed by Hopkins & Seymour, 1807. 8vo. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Contemporary tree calf, spine gilt (joints and ends worn). Provenance: William J. Nivison (book label). FIRST EDITION. Howes R–38. –– YOUNG, John Russell. Around the World with General Grant. New York: [J.J. Little for] The American News Company, [1879]. 2 volumes, royal 8vo. Steel–engraved portrait frontispiece in Volume I, folding map frontispiece in Volumes II, numerous plates and in–text illustrations. Original half morocco gilt (spines and corners rubbed). FIRST EDITION in the deluxe subscriber’s morocco binding. –– McCLELLAN, George B. McClellan’s Own Story. New York: Charles L. Webster, 1887. 8vo. Steel–engraved portrait frontispiece. Original pictorial green cloth stamped in red and gilt (few tiny spots of rubbing to gilt, else fine). FIRST EDITION. –– CATTON, Bruce. Grant Moves South. Boston: Little, Brown and Company, [1960]. 8vo. Portrait frontispiece. Modern half burgundy morocco gilt, spine in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands, 2 black morocco lettering–pieces gilt, gilt devices in remainder, top edge gilt, hand–marbled endpapers, stamp–signed by The Harcourt Bindery. Provenance: Robert Marceau (bookplate). Second printing. –– Together, 4 works in 4 volumes.
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