BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS OF THE ILLUSTRIOUS GEN. G. WASHINGTON, Late President of the United States of America, &c. &c. containing A History of the Principal Events of his life, with extracts from his journals, speeches to Congress and Public addresses: Also A Sketch of his Private Life.
Philadelphia: From the Press of R. Folwell, 1801. Leather. 16mo - over 5¾ - 6¾" tall. Fair. Item #005332
3rd edition, 1801. About Good. 16mo., 217 pp. Bound in contemporary full calf. Title label on the spine now lacking. Moderate wear to the boards. Front board detached. Browning to the text. Contemporary scribbling on the end papers, mostly writing General Washington's name over and over again. Title page's upper corner a bit crumpled. Previous owner's name (and Washington's) on the title page. Occasionally small tears in the fore edge of the pages. Pages 7-26 and front end papers lacking. Howes C664 *** The third edition of Thomas Condie's biography of President Washington. This 1801 "3d ed." is a third printing of the 1800 edition with the addition of Washington's Circular Letter to the Governors of the several states, p. 113-129.
Price: $200.00