Nov 17, 2016 - Sale 2432

Sale 2432 - Lot 318

Price Realized: $ 1,375
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Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
(WASHINGTON, GEORGE.) Marshall, John. The Life of George Washington. 6 volumes, including the atlas. Text volumes: Frontispiece portrait. 8vo, contemporary tree sheep gilt, minor wear, first joint split; offsetting from portrait to first title page, intermittent marginal dampstaining; bookplates of N.P. Randall on front pastedowns. Atlas: 10 maps, most of them folding. [2], 22 pages. 4to, original boards with orange printed cover label, backstrip split; with its own title; moderate dampstaining and offsetting; signature of Frederick William Scriba of New York (son of subscriber George Scriba) on title page. Philadelphia, 1805-07

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Second edition of the first definitive biography of Washington, with the 1807 first edition of the atlas featuring the 22-page list of subscribers (Adams, Jefferson, and Madison are all listed). Howes M317; Sabin 44788. with--Easton and Hough. A Narrative of the Causes which Led to Philip's Indian War of 1675 and 1676. 8vo, contemporary 1/2 morocco, boards detached. Albany, NY, 1858.