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

New York: E. P. Dutton. Good; Ex. Library Book. 1947. Hardback. 447 pages .

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. 1947, 447pp, index, illustrated. Backstrip sunned at top, else G+ in torn, chipped, Fair dj. Born into luxury in a Virginia manor, reared in poverty in the backwoods of Kentucky, Mason, 1811-1843, was catapulted into the national spotlight at the age of nineteen when President Andrew Jackson, as a practical joke directed at the Whigs, appointed him acting governor of Michigan Territory. However, over the next ten years he proved to be a boy wonder who changed Michigan from a wilderness to a settled state..

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1947. hardcover. good/no jacket. 6 x 8 1/2 " 447 pages. warm inscription to the previous owner signed by author. previous owner's name also on first page. spine dulled with tattering to top edge of spine. and some wear to corners.

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, NY: E. P. Dutton & Company. G/G. 1947. First Edition. Cloth w/DJ. 8vo., 447 pp., DJ price-clipped, rubbed, frayed, toned, cover rubbed, bumped, page toning .

E. P. Dutton and Co.. 1947. First Edition. Hardcover. Good+, one corner very bumped, in good+ dustjacket; Prominent figure in 1830's Michigan history, "Toledo War" and statehood. .

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.

New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, Inc., 1947 Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. First Edition. Large 8vo. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. 447 pp, preface, list of b&w illustrations, I. The Masons of Virginia, 1810-1812; II. Fresh Graves in Kentucky, 1812-1822; III. A Gentleman to See the President, 1822-1830; IV. Fauntlerop of the Frontier, October, 1830-July, 1831; V. The Beardless Moses, July, 1831-August 1834; VI. "That Young Hotsput!," August, 1834-August, 1835; VII. Little Jack Horner, Auguist, 1835-May, 1836; VIII. Breaking Into the Union, May, 1836-Februart, 1837; IX. Raise High the Pennant, February, 1837-November, 1837; X. Wildcat Money, November, 1837-January, 1838; XI. Something Old, Something New, January, 1838-December, 1938; XII. JMason Chooses Not to Run, December, 1838-December, 1839; XIII. The Wreck of the Govenor Masosn, December, 1839-November, 1841; XIV. Flowers from the Firing Squad, November, 1841-January, 1843; Appendix: Mason Returns to Detroit; genealogical… Read More

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

New York: EP Dutton. Very Good. 1947. Hardcover. UK bookseller, 447pp, illustrated, 3 maps, bound in cloth, bumped on base spine; Large Octavo .