Item 538The Life of Washington, Commander in Chief of the American Forces, during the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States. Compiled under the Inspection of the Honourable Bushrod Washington, from Original Papers Bequeathed to Him by His Deceased Relative, and now in Possession of the Author
Philadelphia: C. P. Wayne, 1804. First edition, first printing. Five volumes, approx. 500 pp. each. 5.5 x 8.75in. Contemporary full leather bindings with gilt-ruled spines and marbled boards. Heavy wear: extreme foxing and toning throughout each volume, spine and board damage with chipping, joints cracked, front board nearly separated from.....