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Description
This edition is old. The covers are brown in colour with the silhouette of Washington in gold as well as the page edges. The pages themselves are a faded yellow/brownish. All text and illustrations are intact and clear. There is a separate drawing cutout of a man. It is either a photograph or reprint of a man from the era of the book, possibly the author. It is faded to a golden / bronze. In between the first pages of the book is a tissue type paper that separates two illustrations, first: of Washington and another man on horses with a hound and two people standing on an estate with the words MOUNT VERNON at the bottom of the page....second: Washington with the words From the original picture in the Boston Athenceum taken from life in 1795.
Category
Books and Manuscripts
Medium
HARDCOVER....
Distinguishing marks
BROWN IN COLOUR WITH GOLD EMBOSSED SILHOUETTE OF WASHINGTON; ALSO HAS GOLD PAGE EDGES.
Condition
Good
Date Period
"Published by subscription only" NEW YORK: VIRTUE & YORSTON.
History
Given to me by Grandparents.
eBay Auction Link
Price Paid (If known)
Gifted.
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