Washington 's Crossing
by Fischer, David Hackett
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Fine/No Jacket (In Decorative box)
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SANTA BARBARA, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Oxford University Press, 2004. This book won the Pulitzer Prize in History in 2005. Nice copy in dark blue cloth with gold lettering and design. Marbled endpapers. Quality paper. All edges gilt. Unmarked but for signature of author on title page. One lightly bumped tip. Housed in a nice decorated box with famous painting by Lloyd Garrison of Washington crossing the Delaware. Number 339 of 1000 copies thus. . Signed by Author. Early Printing. Hardcover. Fine/No Jacket (In Decorative box). 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Washington's Crossing frames the events of the winter of 1776-1777 during the American Revolution. The iconic painting of Washington crossing the Delaware is indeed a passionate image, but it is certainly stylized. It is this symbol, this myth of American history, that Fischer argues as the turning point for the psychological victory of the Revolution, the morale of the American troops locked in a miserable winter, and the unyielding proof of the tireless quest for a free America.
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- Bookseller
- Timothy Norlen Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015709
- Title
- Washington 's Crossing
- Author
- Fischer, David Hackett
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket (In Decorative box)
- Edition
- Early Printing
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
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About the Seller
Timothy Norlen Bookseller
Biblio member since 2019
SANTA BARBARA, California
About Timothy Norlen Bookseller
I am a internet based bookstore that specializes in Modern First Editions, film sources, Mystery and Detective fiction and Western Americana. I have approximately 10,000 books, primarily first editions with about 1300 of them signed by the author. I try and stock only books that are sound, clean and attractive.
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