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Lot 138
[WASHINGTONIA] A quality miscellany of 19th and 20th century books relating to George Washington.
An interesting group of original works, facsimiles, later biographies and books about Washington, several from the Copley Library. Comprising 15 titles and one additional item described last, the books listed in order of publication date: 1) GUIZOT (Monsieur). Washington. London: Murray, 1841. First edition. Original cloth, housed in a morocco backed case. Wear and small losses to spine tips, hinge cracked, the chemise with the bookplate of James Strohn Copley. "Jared Sparks is the real author of this work" - Sabin 29269; 2) REED, WILLIAM. Reprint of The Original Letters from Washington to Joseph Reed, during the American Revolution. Philadelphia: A. Hart, Late Carey and Hart, 1853. Second edition. Original wrappers, housed in a morocco backed case. Chips and small losses to wrappers, an unopened copy, the case with the book label of James Strohn Copley. Sabin 68621; 3) RUSH, RICHARD. Washington in Domestic Life. From Original Letters and Manuscripts. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1857. First edition, an extra-illustrated copy with numerous illustrations inserted. Modern three-quarters crimson morocco gilt. Foxing, some inserted illustrations detached and laid-in, the Frank C. Deering copy with his morocco booklabel; 4) CUSTIS, GEORGE WASHINGTON PARKE. Recollections and Private Memoirs of Washington. Washington: Printed by William H. Moore, 1859. Original gilt lettered cloth. Some wear to spine and spotting to cloth, ink gift inscription at front. Sabin 18154; 5) The Diary of George Washington, From 1789 to 1791; Embracing The Opening of the First Congress, and His Tours through New England, Long Island, and the Southern States. New York: Richardson, 1860. First edition. Edited by Benjamin Lossing. Early three-quarters red morocco gilt by Sanford. Extremities rubbed, without frontispiece. Howes W132; 6) A Catalogue of the Washington Collection in the Boston Athenaeum. Boston: The Boston Athenaeum, 1897. First edition. Original cloth gilt lettered on spine. A fine copy, the front hinge loose, small booklabel of Ira A. Lipman; 7) [FORD, WORTHINGTON CHAUNCEY]. Washington as an Employer and Importer of Labor. Brooklyn: Privately Printed, 1889. One of 500 copies. Modern brown morocco backed cloth. Some spotting but a fine copy overall; 8) FORD, WORTHINGTON CHAUNCEY. George Washington. Paris & New York: Goupil/Scribner's, 1900. The Edition de Luxe, number 173 of 200 copies with the plates in sepia and on India mounted to Holland. 2 volumes. Nicely bound in full red morocco gilt the covers with Federal motifs and stars in gilt, the spines similarly tooled and lettered in gilt, floral silk endpapers, slipcase. 10 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches (27 x 19 cm); the two frontispieces colored, other plates in two states, uncut as issued. Some rubbing and wear to bindings, light spotting to tissue guards, bookplates of Birchwood and William Brumder; 9) Washington's Farewell Address. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, Riverside Press, 1913. First edition thus, number 409 of 1440 copies. Folio. Modern three-quarters blue morocco over boards. Light spotting; 10) George Washington's Accounts of Expenses while Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army 1775-1783. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin, Riverside Press, 1917. First edition, number 10 of 440 copies. Original three-quarters vellum over boards. Thumbsoiling to spine, else fine, unopened; 11) Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States the XIX day of September MDCCXCVI. [San Francisco: The Grabhorn Press, Privately Printed for Herbert Lionel Rothschild, Christmas 1922]. Number 120 of 175 copies. Folio. Original vellum. Printed in red, blue and black. Some staining to endpapers and thumbsoiling to vellum, with the now detached bookplate of James Strohn Copley; 12) Bicentennial Notes on George Washington. Ann Arbor: Printed for the Commission, 1931-32. Modern cloth, seven parts in one with original wrappers bound-in, with a few photographs tipped-in at rear. This is Randolph G. Adams' copy with booklabel, gift note from Bill Reese on the front blank, fine overall; 13) FREEMAN, DOUGLAS SOUTHALL. George Washington: A Biography. New York: Scribner's, 1948-57. First edition. 7 volumes. Original cloth, all but one in the original card slipcases. Lightly rubbed, a few spots, generally fine, wear to slipcases; 14) The Journal of Major George Washington of his Journey to the French Forces on Ohio. Cedar Rapids: 1955. Facsimile of 1754 original. Boards. Fine; 15) The Life of Washington. By the Rev'd Mason L. Weems. [New York:] Limited Editions Club, 1974. One of 2000 copies signed by the illustrator Robert Quackenbush. Original decorated cloth, slipcase. A fine copy; Together with a Centennial Ribbon Commemorating Washington. Circa 1876, the ribbon made by T. Stevens, Coventry, England, of fine cream silk with red, white, blue and gold. 7 x 1/2 inches (18 x 4/5 cm). Housed in a morocco backed case. The ribbon fine with only a few small stains, with the booklabel of James Strohn Copley to the inside cover of the case.
C Private Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman
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