Search Results: the life of george washington commander by ramsay david

HardPress Publishing, 2012-01-10. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, 2010. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

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Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-10-02. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-10-02. 2. Paperback. Used:Good.

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Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010-09-10. Paperback. Good.

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Boston: Mallory and Co, 1811. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very Good . Second Edition. Hardcover. Bound in brown leather with gilt title on the spine. Frontispiece. One of the standard early Washington biographies.An early life of George Washington by American physician, politician and historian David Ramsey (1749-1815) who "remained to the end the pious, benevolent, and unwearied public servant" (DAB). Ramsay's laudatory biograph emphasized the political and military side of Washington in contrast to other biographers such as Mason Locke Weems. 371pp.<br><br>CONDITION: Covers are heavily rubbed, and front cover is a little warped. Leather is intact, except for chips missing off the tail of the spine. Front flyleaf and frontispiece are missing the lower half of the page and appear to be bonded together. Binding and text block are sound. Foxing throughout, but text is clear. Full refund if not satisfied.

D. Mallory and Co, 1811. 2nd. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. [Early Maryland Ownership] Bound in contemporary calf. Gilt ruled. Hardcover. Shelf wear. Clean, unmarked pages. Contemporary inscription, James B Robins from his father, John P. Robins. viii, 371 pages 19 cm. Reprint of the 1807 ed. Sabin 67695.

Boston: D. Mallory and Co, 1811. Hardcover. Good. Stated second edition. 12mo. viii, 371pp. Leather covered boards. Several contemporary owner signatures on the first two leaves and a few contemporary penmanship exercises on the rear endleaves. Lacking the frontispiece portrait, binding heavily worn with the upper shoulder split (but sound) and some loss at the spine, modest foxing throughout and the second half of the text with some foredge staining affecting a little bit of the text (but not legibility), sound but good only.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC. paperback. New. 6x0x9. Brand New Book in Publishers original Sealing

New York:: Printed by Hopkins and Seymour,, 1807.. First edition.. old full mottled leather; gilt-lettered spine label. . Front free endpaper nearly detached; 19th c. ink gift inscription and ownership notation at head of title page. Some light foxing; beginning of a split to the top two inches of the front joint and one inch of the rear joint; a little scuffing, but tight and sound. . 8vo,. Lacks the frontispiece portrait.. Howes R-38.

Baltimore: Joseph Cushing, 1814. Third Edition. Hardcover. Good. 8vo, 7 x 4.25 inches, contemporary calf with black gilt spine label, good copy with wear and rubbing to leather, corners slightly rounded, text somewhat tanned, occasional light waterstain tidemarks, small bookplate on pastedown. 266 pp, 2 pp. ads, frontispiece and 5 other engraved plates, including surrender of Cornwallis, Braddock's defeat, treaty with the Creek Indians, Mt. Vernon, etc. The first two editions of this had a frontispiece portrait of Washington, but this has been replaced by an allegorical frontispiece depicting Washington has a huge rock that stands firm against the elements (there must have been some copyright dispute about the use of Washington's image, is our guess). Not a bad copy.

RAMSAY, David. The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States of America, throughout the war which Established Their Independence; and First President of the United states. Baltimore: Joseph Cushing, 1814. 3rd ed. 266pp. Frontis., five plates. Contemporary full cloth, gilt-ruled spine, new red morocco spine label. Some wear to corners, light scattered foxing, wear to fore-edge of some leaves, one leaf tape-repaired, else very good. HOWES R-38.

Boston: D. Mallory and Co, 1811. Second edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 12mo. [5], vi-viii, [1], 2-371, [3] pp. Full mottled calf, spine in six compartments, black morocco label lettered in gilt on the spine. Lacks the frontispiece portrait. Howes R38. Minor foxing to the textblock, contemporary owner's name on the free front endpaper.

New York: Printed by Hopkins & Seymour, 1807. 8vo. (8 1/2 x 5 1/8 inches). viii, 376pp., lacking the frontispiece portrait. Contemporary calf, gilt spine label. Hinges cracked, spine extremities chipped, boards scuffed. Closed tear to title page. Light tanning, occasional foxing. One of the standard early Washington biographies. An early life of George Washington by American physician, politician and historian David Ramsey (1749-1815) who "remained to the end the pious, benevolent, and unwearied public servant" (DAB). Ramsay's laudatory biograph emphasized the political and military side of Washington in contrast to other biographers such as Mason Locke Weems. Howes R38; Shaw & Shoemaker 13461.

New York: Hopkins & Seymour, 1807. Leather. 376p. A hardcover book bound in full brown leather. Very good condition overall. The spine and boards are heavily rubbed, though the spine label is still dimly legible. Deeper, indented rubbing on the back cover, running along the outer edge. Endpapers and main pages foxed, but otherwise unmarked. Binding is secure. A classic early biography of George Washington, with a portrait frontispiece. The author, David Ramsay (1749-1815) was an early American historian of the Revolutionay War. He was also a Congressman and physician, and was eventually killed by a deranged patient of his; as a result, he is regarded as the first U.S. politician to be assassinated.