ANTIQUE BOOK 1859 LIFE OF WASHINGTON ILLUSTRATED LITHOGRAPHS MOUNT VERNON
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THE ILLUSTRATED LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON AS PICTURED... ACCOUNT OF HIS EARLY ADVENTURES, ENTERPRISES, HIS MAGNANIMITY AND PATRIOTISM, REVOLUTIONARY CAREER, PRESIDENTIAL LIFE, HIS DEATH ETC...PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED VOLUME WITH PEN PAINTINGS OF BATTLES...STEEL AND WOOD ENGRAVINGS AND A BEAUTIFUL FOLD OUT LITHOGRAPHIC VIEW OF MOUNT VERNON AT BACK OF BOOK...BOOK IN GOOD SOUND CONDITION...SOME FOXING AS WOULD BE EXPECTED OF A BOOK THIS OLD...MOST TEXT LEAVES AND ILLUSTRATIONS ARE STILL VERY... CLEAN AND BRIGHT...FOLD OUT LITHOGRAPH HAS EDGE TEAR ON LEFT EDGE WHICH IS VISIBLE IN PICTURE...NO OTHER OPENINGS...SMALL PENCIL MARK FRONT END PAPER...NICELY MARBLED PAGE FORE EDGES...HARDBOARDS ARE SOUND WITH SOME SPOTTING...GILT HAS FADES AND RUBS...SOME SHELF WEAR FRAY TO HEAD AND FOOT OF SPINE...STILL EXCEPTIONALLY NICE...THANKS
