WASHINGTON, GEORGE] MARSHALL, JOHN. The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces...and First President of the United States . Philadelphia: C.P. Wayne, 1804-1807. First American edition of the five text volumes, atlas supplied from the J. Crissy 1832 second edition. Text in contemporary American sheep, spines stamped in gilt with red morocco lettering labels; Atlas in contemporary boards with printed paper label. Text volumes: 8 1/4 x 5 inches (21 x 13 cm), lacking frontispiece; Atlas: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (22 x 14 cm); engraved title, 10 partially hand-colored double-page maps. Text volumes with ownership signatures, bookplates, light foxing, a few cracked joints and minor nicks but overall very attractive, atlas spine mostly perished with text block detached, some offsetting to maps but clean overall. The atlas volume to this voluminous early biography of Washington presents locations of Revolutionary War interest. Howes M317; Sabin 44788. C
WASHINGTON, GEORGE] MARSHALL, JOHN. The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces...and First President of the United States . Philadelphia: C.P. Wayne, 1804-1807. First American edition of the five text volumes, atlas supplied from the J. Crissy 1832 second edition. Text in contemporary American sheep, spines stamped in gilt with red morocco lettering labels; Atlas in contemporary boards with printed paper label. Text volumes: 8 1/4 x 5 inches (21 x 13 cm), lacking frontispiece; Atlas: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches (22 x 14 cm); engraved title, 10 partially hand-colored double-page maps. Text volumes with ownership signatures, bookplates, light foxing, a few cracked joints and minor nicks but overall very attractive, atlas spine mostly perished with text block detached, some offsetting to maps but clean overall. The atlas volume to this voluminous early biography of Washington presents locations of Revolutionary War interest. Howes M317; Sabin 44788. C
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