STEVENS THOMSON MASON - Misunderstood Patriot by Sagendorph, Kent

E.P. Dutton, January 1947. Hardcover. Acceptable/No Jacket.

E.P. Dutton, 1947-01-01. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. New York, 1947; blue cloth covered boards; spine edge wear; illustrated jacket in good condition with edge and corner wear; bottom edge of text block wear continuing through interior of center pages; 8vo - over 7 3/4" to 9 3/4" tall; previous owner's blind stamp on free front end paper; typed introduction for a speaker and news article, laid-in; interior clean and unmarked; 447 pages.

New York: E. P. Dutton. Good with no dust jacket. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. An interesting biography of a man whose imprint is on much of Michigan's early political history. Born in Virginia in 1811, he was appointed by Andrew Jackson to be Territorial Governor of Michigan in 1835 at the young age of 24 and helped guide Michigan to statehood in 1837. He was then elected to be Michigan's first Governor, serving until 1840. He died in Detroit of pneumonia only three years later. Contains Genealogical Notes, Bibliography and an Index in the rear. The blue cloth spine is sunned, and there is a light scratch to the rear cover, else a generally good, tight and clean copy with a previous owner bookplate on front free end paper. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 447 pages .

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1947. 448 pp. Original blue cloth covers w/ gilt title on spine. Very bright and clean. Modest rubbing to corners and spine ends. Light foxing to endpapers. DJ has wear to edges w/ light chipping to corners and spine ends. Moderately rubbed and soiled. Illust. w/ b/w drawings of maps. Contents nice. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good-. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1947. Hardcover. Near Fine/Very Good. First edition. Octavo. 447pp. Gilt-stamped blue cloth. Illustrated. Owner's name penned and embossed on front fly, thus near fine in a very good price-clipped dustwrapper with spine ends nicked. Virginian appointed by Andrew Jackson as acting governor of the Michigan Territory.

Paris: Les Editions du Courrier Graphique (La Collection "Le ballet des muses"), 1947 Book. Very Good - Fine. Soft cover. Limited/Numbered. 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 206 (1) pp, Les lais; Le testament: Ballade des dames du temps jadis; Ballade des seigneurs du temps jadis; Ballade en vieil langage francoys; Les regrets de la bell Heaulmiere; Ballade de la belle Heaulmiere aux filles de joie; Double ballade; Ballade faite a la requeste de sa mere pour prier Notre-Dame; Ballade a s'amye; Rondeau; Ballade et oroison; Ballade pour un gentil-homme nouvellement marie; Ballade; Les contredictz de Franc Gontier; Ballade des femmes de Paris; Ballade de la grosse Margot; Belle lecon aux enfants perduz; Ballade d bonne doctrine; Chanson; Epitaphe; Verset ou rondeau; Ballade de mercy; Ballade pour servir de conclusion. Poesies Diverses: I. Ballade de bon conseil; II. Ballade des proverbes; III. Ballade des menus propos; IV. Ballade des contre-verites; V. Ballade contre les enemis de la… Read More

Gilman Press, 2007-03-15. Paperback. Used:Good.

1947. (MASON, STEVENS THOMSON). SAGENDORPH, KENT. Stevens Thomson Mason: Misunderstood Patriot. New York: E.P. Dutton & Company, 1947. 1st ed. 447pp. Portraits, plates, maps. Orig. cloth, non-priceclipped d/j. Minor chipping to d/j, spine panel lightly sunned, else very good. Mason was the first governor of Michigan.