The Life Of George Washington

Boston: Tappan and Dennet, 1844. 1st. Hardcover. Fair/None. Hardcover, 3/4 leather binding over marbled boards. Black leather label on spine with gilt lettering. Worn copy, rubbing and chipping, first signature loose but holding, binding solid. Frontis portrait plus 14 engraved plates, mostly maps. Foxing throughout, 562 pages. Faint name on front fly leaf, no other markings. Record #… Read more about this item

Boston: Tappan and Dennet, 1843. Hardcover. Near fine. 8vo. xix,(1),562pp. Illustrated with plates and maps, the plate with tissue-guards. Finely bound in full navy morocco, spine in five compartments with raised bands, intricately gilt; the boards with gilt borders and gilt inner dentelles. All edges gilt. The unsigned binding is almost certainly by George A. Zabriskie, whose bookplate… Read more about this item

Boston: Tappan and Dennet, 1843. Reissue. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. 0x0x0. Peale, C.W.; Stuart, Gilbert; Woolaston, John [Wollaston]. Reissue of Sabin 88986, Howes S816. Rebacked with buckram over original boards. Includes all 14 plates, though they are not in the places designated by the table of contents, but appear somewhat randomly throughout the text. Top corner of title page… Read more about this item

"The Life of GEORGE WASHINGTON" by Jared Sparks. 1843; Tappan and Dennet; Boston. Custom-bound in full leather with marbled end papers and gilt lettering on the front cover and spine label. Complete in one volume. Nicely illustrated with 14 full-page engraved plates (including portraits, maps, facsimile documents and other illustrations). There are nine Appendices at the back, including Washington's Farewell… Read more about this item

Boston: Ferdinand Andrews, 1839. Good copy. Signature of Jared Sparks tipped in on first front flyleaf together with previous owner's name. In tan calf leather covers and leather spine with 4 bands and gilt lettering. Marbled endpapers. Gilt design on cover edges. Plates with tissue guards. Square and intact binding. Clean and unmarked endpapers and text pages.Moderately scuffed ends of… Read more about this item

A. L. Burt Company, Publishers, 1902. Hard Cover -- Very Good -- Clean and tight with slightest wear -- Blue cloth over boards with gilt lettering, no dust jacket if issued -- 461 pages with illustrations. Hard Cover. Very Good.

Two volume abridged edition. ix, 330; viii, 344 pp. Engraved frontis. in vol. 1. VG. Very light wear to cloth; corners and spine ends lightly bumped. Bindings are strong. Foxing to front and end matter and very sparsely in the text. A nicely preserved set. Ships in a box packed with care.

Boston: Ferdinand Andrews, 1840. Small Octavo. In two volumes, the abridge edition. Portrait frontispiece in volume one. 330 and 344pp. To accommodate a larger number of purchasers and readers, this abridgment was published. The commissions were mostly of a political or general nature. The biographical incidents and other parts, which constitute the narrative, have been preserved without change and… Read more about this item

Tappan and Dennet, 1843-01-01. Hardcover. Good. Full contemporary calf binding. Black spine label. Gilt ruled. xix, [1], 562 pages : 5 plates (including frontispiece) 5 portrait, 2 maps, 2 facsimile ; 25 cm. Hardcover. Good binding and cover.

New York: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1856. Hardcover. Two Volumes in One." 5 x 7.75in. viii. 344pp. Publisher's blind-stamped cloth boards. VERY GOOD. Shows the extremities well rubbed with marginal losses, former owner bookplate at the front paste-down, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain distinct. As pictured. … Read more about this item

Boston: Little Brown & Co., 1857. Hardcover. About Very Good. Sparks, author of this 19th century biography of Washington, was a leading educator and intellectual of his time. A president of Harvard, chaplain of Congress and author of numerous historical works on the American Revolution and early American leaders including Benjamin Franklin, Gouverneur Morris, Gen. Anthony Wayne, and… Read more about this item

Boston: Ferdinand Andrews, 1839. 1st. Hardcover. Fair/None. 562 pages, including several portraits of Washington with tissue guard and gilt title on spine. Light foxing throughout, spine cracked but cover and all pages intact, small sticker on spine and front endpaper, corners bumped and frayed. Otherwise, in clean and tight condition. Record # 853965

Leipzig; Alphons Durr, 1859., 1859. Hard Cover. FIRST THUS. Published originally as the first volume in the 12 volume set "The Writings of Washington", and here presented in an abridged form as a separate work. Octavo, pp. xii, 371, [1]. Brown half-calf with 5 raised bands, tan calf title label with gilt titles to spine and ruling to compartments;… Read more about this item

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1855. Hardcover. good (ex-library with expected marks. foxing to plates and foxing and toning to pages facing plates, including the title page. occasional spots and smudges and a few stray pencil marks from use. wear and rubbing to cloth. bumped corners). Brown library buckram. xix + 562 pp. 2 bw engravings.

Little, Brown and Company, Boston, 1853. Hardcover. Good. [Frontispiece portrait of Washington] Bound in contemporary full leather. xix, 562 pages 2 portrait (including frontispiece) facsimile, 25 cm.

Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1852. Octavo (24cm.); publisher's blue blind-embossed cloth, gilt-lettered spine; xix,[1],562pp.; engraved portrait frontispiece, two leaves of plates including facsimile. Corners bumped, spine cloth rather sunned, minor foxing to plates, else Very Good and sound. See HOWES 816 for the first (1839) edition.

Slusser Press, 2008-07-08. Paperback. Used:Good.

Boston: Tappan and Dennet, 1843. Brown buckram, blind stamped decoration, gilt title, yellow endpapers. 562 pages; illustrated by 14 plates, including facsimile examples of Washington's writing and signature. Boards toned, prelims foxed, previous owner's signature, binding remains tight and sound Size: Tall Octavo. Cloth.

Ferdinand Andrews, 1839-01-01. Leather. Very Good. 1839 Ferdinand Andrews full leather binding single volume issue 562 pages, 14 plates including frontis. Tight and unmarked. Oversized. Please email for photos.

New York: A.L. Burt Company, 1902. The Home Library edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 461p. A hardcover book in very good condition with the RARE dustjacket. Binding is just a bit cockeyed, but still tight. Edges barely rubbed and endpapers faintly toned; otherwise clean. The jacket has several small tears along the edges of the panels and spine, but… Read more about this item