WASHINGTON AND HIS COUNTRY
de Israel, Peter
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good/No Jacket
- Librería
-
Canandaigua, New York, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Boston: Ginn & Company, 1887. First Edition. . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. From the Title Page: "'Washington and His Country' being 'Irving's Life of Washington' abridged for the use of schools with introduction and continuation, giving a brief outline of United States history from the discovery of America to the end of the Civil War, by John Fiske." Fiske, a 19th century American historian and philosopher, was asked by Ginn & Co., Boston, to abridge Irving's classic five volume biography of George Washington for use as a school textbook. First Printing, First Edition. 618 pages in green boards with black lettering and "classical" design on front cover, 5 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches, illustrated with maps and including a glossary and index. Two pages of publisher's ads. Boards' corners and spine ends lightly bumped, spine ends show wear but no tearing or chipping. Text edges moderately soiled; previous owner's name and date (1895) in pencil at top of title page. The name - "Seth Warner" (an associate of Ethan Allen and an officer in Allen's Green Mountain Boys) - lightly underlined on page 153, o/w boards and text are clean, complete and unmarked; binding is tight, hinges intact. A very nice first edition copy of a history now very scarce in any edition.
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Detalles
- Librería
- H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
(US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 005451
- Título
- WASHINGTON AND HIS COUNTRY
- Autor
- Israel, Peter
- Formato/Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Estado de la sobrecubierta
- No Jacket
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition.
- Editorial
- Ginn & Company
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 1887
- Palabras clave
- HISTORY, AMERICAN FIRST EDITION, SCHOOL BOOK, TEXT, BIOGRAPHY, GEORGE WASHINGTON, CIVIL WAR
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Biography/Memoirs; History; Miscellaneous;
Términos de venta
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Sobre el vendedor
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
Miembro de Biblio desde 2005
Canandaigua, New York
Sobre H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller
H.W. Gumaer, Bookseller, has been serving customers on the internet since 2003. We specialize in modern American and English fiction and in mystery and detective thrillers, as well as art and art history. We also have a growing selection of mid-to-late 19th century history and literature. Nearly all our modern and contemporary books are first editions or otherwise collectable.
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