The Life and Times of General Washington
London : Thomas Tegg & Son, 1835
12mo.,
Contemporary half red morocco over marbled boards, spines gilt, marbled endpapers, marbled edges; rebacked with original spines laid down. Half brown morocco folding-case.
Half-title only in vol. 2, engraved frontispieces, folding plate with facsimile of a portion of Washington's letter of 29 January 1781 to Major General Robert Howe in vol. 1 and a facsimile of Jefferson's rough draft of the Declaration (folding) in vol. 2; vol. 1 frontispiece and facsimile stained, long tear at fold to facsimile in vol. 2.
2
English
n/a
S044.3; V12.25; P4c723n; C098.05; SAn09029-172
I6
Library, bookcases facing door, item 25
private collection
Sold by Sotheby's for US$1500, 4 June 2013. See https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/2013/library-of-a-distinguished-american-book-collector-n09029/lot.172.html
Charles Dickens (regular bookplate with his name and crouching lion; Gadshill Place Library bookplate dated June 1870) —Edward Randolph (signature on fly-leaves dated 1913). Acquisition: William Reese
Catalogue note: Charles Dickens's copy of a biography of George Washington by the British author Cyrus Edmonds. Each volume contains both of Dickens's bookplates: the first with a lion couchant and his name; the second reading "From the Library of | Charles Dickens, | Gadshill Place, June, 1870." By odd coincidence, Dickens embarked on the ship George Washington for his lecture tour in America.
Catalogue note: Charles Dickens's copy of a biography of George Washington by the British author Cyrus Edmonds. Each volume contains both of Dickens's bookplates: the first with a lion couchant and his name; the second reading "From the Library of | Charles Dickens, | Gadshill Place, June, 1870." By odd coincidence, Dickens embarked on the ship George Washington for his lecture tour in America.
Vols. LIII and LIV of Murray's Family Library