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1810 The Life of George Washington by Weems

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1810, "The Life of George Washington" by Weems

1810, "The Life of George Washington...," by Mason L Weems, 10th Edition, Printed for Mathew Carey, Philadelphia, PA, Fine.
Howes W218; Sabin 102486. Hardbound calfskin, with gilt-stamped spine, 7" x 4.25", 228 pages, with a frontis illustration of the Death of General Montgomery and two other plates--missing fold-out maps and three other plates. This was the "Tenth Edition--Greatly Improved," according to both Howes and Sabin, who describe the editions through the ninth edition. The back cover is separated, and the pages are foxed and some ends are torn, but the binding is strong and all the pages are quite legible. The front leaf has signature of a previous owner in brown ink, and the back page has some brown ink notations. The complete title reads: "THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON; WITH CURIOUS ANECDOTES, EQUALLY HONORABLE TO HIMSELF AND EXEMPLARY TO HIS YOUNG COUNTRYMEN." A strong, early biography of Washington.



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