The Life of General George Washington, First President of the United States, Written by Himself, Comprising His Memoirs and Correspondence, as Prepared by Him for Publication, Including Several Original Letters Now First Printed

Langue : anglais

Edité par Office of the National Illustrated Library, London, 1852

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This is a handsome, fine binding set of "The Life of GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON, First President of the United States, Written by Himself, Comprising His Memoirs and Correspondence, as Prepared by Him for Publication, Including Several Original Letters Now First Printed." 1852; Office of the National Illustrated Library; London. Edited by the Rev. C.W. Upham. Complete set in two volumes. Volume I contains an engraved title page titled "Saratoga," and an engraved portrait of Washington with his facsimile signature. Volume II contains an engraved title page titled "Siege of New York," and an engraved portrait of Benjamin Franklin with his facsimile signature. There is an Index at the back of Volume II. The set is nicely bound in three quarter leather with marbled covers and end papers, elaborately decorated gilt spines, and gilt top page edges. Marketed as being "written by himself," the collection compiles Washington's private letters, public dispatches, and memoirs as structured for publication. It details Washington's early colonial surveying and upbringing, his military leadership during the French and Indian War and the American Revolution (including key campaigns like Yorktown), his role in the Constitutional Convention, and his two terms as the first U.S. President. Shortly after its publication in the early 1850's, Upham and his publishers faced a landmark federal copyright lawsuit (Folsom v. Marsh) brought by historian Jared Sparks and printer Charles Folsom. The plaintiffs argued that Upham had illegally copied hundreds of private Washington letters previously compiled in Sparks' multi-volume work, a legal battle that helped shape the modern American "fair use" doctrine. Condition: Both volumes are tightly bound with no cracks and no loose pages. All covers are firmly attached. Clean marbled paper over the boards. The leather has rubbed along the edges of the spine. There are a few nicks to the leather at the title & volume compartments on the spines. Chipping to the leather at the top and bottom edges of the spines. The volume I front cover upper-outer corner tip is worn. Nice interiors - the pages are clean with only some mild foxing to the engraved plates at the front of both volumes, and some mild foxing to the last few pages of both volumes. Pages 400/401 402/403 and 404/405 in volume I have small tears at the outer edge, presumably from having been separated from each other. Each front and rear end paper has a name - "T.C. Bushnell" - stamped in ink. Overall the set is in Good+ condition.…

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Titre
The Life of General George Washington, First President of the United States, Written by Himself, Comprising His Memoirs and Correspondence, as Prepared by Him for Publication, Including Several Original Letters Now First Printed
Auteur
George Washington, C.W. Upham (edited by)
Éditeur
Office of the National Illustrated Library, London
Année de publication
1852
État de l'article
Satisfaisant
Reliure
Couverture rigide
Langue
anglais

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