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Auction archive: Lot number 28

[WASHINGTON, GEORGE] MARSHALL, JOHN. The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War Wh...

Estimate
US$1,200 - US$1,800
Price realised:
US$2,375
Auction archive: Lot number 28

[WASHINGTON, GEORGE] MARSHALL, JOHN. The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War Wh...

Estimate
US$1,200 - US$1,800
Price realised:
US$2,375
Beschreibung:

[WASHINGTON, GEORGE] MARSHALL, JOHN. The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War Wh... London: Printed for Richard Phillips by T. Gillet, 1804-07. First English edition, the quarto version. Five volumes, contemporary tree calf. 10 1/4 x 8 inches (26.5 x 20.5 cm); complete as issued with 3 frontispieces, 12 folding maps, and one vignette at end of volume III, publisher's ads in volume I and notice in volume II. Some splits to joints and rubbing to spines, offset to title from portrait, foxing and spotting to title and maps, residue from bookplates and offset to pastedowns, tear into one leaf in volume IV, bookplates of Richard Dobson, A wide-margined copy with all maps of Marshall's important first biography of Washington, in contemporary tree calf bindings. Howes M317 ("best edition"); Sabin 44788. •

Auction archive: Lot number 28
Auction:
Datum:
7 Nov 2017
Auction house:
Doyle New York - Auctioneers & Appraisers
East 87th Street 75
New York, NY 10128
United States
info@doyle.com
+1 (0)212 4272730
Beschreibung:

[WASHINGTON, GEORGE] MARSHALL, JOHN. The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces During the War Wh... London: Printed for Richard Phillips by T. Gillet, 1804-07. First English edition, the quarto version. Five volumes, contemporary tree calf. 10 1/4 x 8 inches (26.5 x 20.5 cm); complete as issued with 3 frontispieces, 12 folding maps, and one vignette at end of volume III, publisher's ads in volume I and notice in volume II. Some splits to joints and rubbing to spines, offset to title from portrait, foxing and spotting to title and maps, residue from bookplates and offset to pastedowns, tear into one leaf in volume IV, bookplates of Richard Dobson, A wide-margined copy with all maps of Marshall's important first biography of Washington, in contemporary tree calf bindings. Howes M317 ("best edition"); Sabin 44788. •

Auction archive: Lot number 28
Auction:
Datum:
7 Nov 2017
Auction house:
Doyle New York - Auctioneers & Appraisers
East 87th Street 75
New York, NY 10128
United States
info@doyle.com
+1 (0)212 4272730
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