A Life of George Washington, In Latin Prose: by Francis Glass, A.M., of Ohio [Deluxe Complete Set].
Published by Harper and Brothers, New York, 1836
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Seller: BookMarx Bookstore, Steubenville, OH, U.S.A.BookMarx Bookstore
AbeBooks seller since February 12, 2004
Condition: Used - Fair
£ 495.55
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Support Small Business by buying this book! Deluxe Set (Five volumes) Containing All the Principal Editions of This Work. 1) Original 1836 printing by Harper and Brothers, Stated Third Edition. Book in Acceptable condition. Text block Good, with some waving of page-ends and light water staining toward bottom of book; most pages bright. Very few stray pencil annotations in book. Name Julius S. Hitchcock and '1836' on front endpaper: name corresponds with a contemporary merchant Julius S. Hitchcock of Clinton Point, Dutchess County, New York. Book in Original Binding, which is extremely rare, as it is not a durably bound book. Spine beginning to detach and general wear and discoloration on brown cloth-covered boards. Gilt lettering and embossed decoration on spine, with alternate title 'Washingtonii Vita.' Frontispiece of an intaglio of Washington still handsome, would make a fine display copy in a museum. Contains list of Latin words with meanings. Original advertisements in back for Harper's books and testimonials for the book, including the 1835 review by EDGAR ALLAN POE in the Southern Literary Messenger, and positive testimonial by former president JOHN QUINCY ADAMS. 2) Set of three volumes of the 1976 Bicentennial Edition published by George Washington University. All three volumes SIGNED by editor John Francis Latimer, first one INSCRIBED: 'For Dr. Robert W. Ulery, Jr. with all good wishes - John Francis Latimer 6 November 1979.' Contains a) facsimile of the 1836 printing of the Washingtonii Vita, with new 29-page academic introduction (now hard to get, because this edition is in copyright but no longer in print). Book in Very Good condition. Some tanning of pages and tanning on the paper cover. Contains ink signature and ink corrections to the introduction by editor John Francis Latimer b) a complete translation of the Latin text, in a spiral binding. Book in Very Good condition, with inscription by editor John Francis Latimer. c) grammatical and historical commentary on the text, by John Francis Latimer. Signed by Latimer. Spiral bound. Book in Very Good condition. 3) 2024 edition of the 'Washingtonii Vita A Latin Biography' printed by Contubernales Press. Contains a re-set original text with original introduction by J. N. Reynolds but without the testimonials or advertisements from the original 1830s editions. Book in New condition.…
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- A Life of George Washington, In Latin Prose: by Francis Glass, A.M., of Ohio [Deluxe Complete Set].
- Author
- Francis Glass, J. N. Reynolds, John Francis Latimer
- Publisher
- Harper and Brothers, New York
- Publication year
- 1836
- Condition
- Acceptable
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- Early Edition.
- Printing
- Early Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Collecting
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