February 17, 2022 10:00 EST

Books and Manuscripts

 
  Lot 36
 

36

[Americana] [Washington, George]
Group of 3 Titles

Dwight, Timothy
A Discourse, Delivered at New-Haven, Feb. 22, 1800; On the Character of George Washington, Esq. At the Request of the Citizens
New-Haven: Printed by Thomas Green and Son, 1800. First edition. 8vo. 55 pp. Three-quarter brown morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt, head of spine chipped; top edge gilt, other edges trimmed; contemporary ownership signature and library number at head of title-page; book-plate on front paste-down. Sabin 21549; Evans 37339

Together with:

Washington's Farewell Address, to the People of the United States
New-York: Printed by J. Seymour, 1808. First edition. 12mo. 45 pp. Lacking frontispiece. Contemporary quarter red morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt, boards and extremities rubbed; all edges trimmed; front hinge worn; book-plate on front paste-down. Sabin 101605

Together with:

Toner, J.M.
George Washington as an Inventor and Promoter of the Useful Arts. An Address Delivered at Mount Vernon, April 10, 1891
Washington, D.C.: Press of Gedney & Roberts Co., 1892. 8vo. 69, (1), (8) pp. Three-quarter navy blue calf over marbled paper-covered boards, brown morocco spine label, stamped in gilt, boards and spine rubbed; top edge gilt, other edges trimmed; matching marbled endpapers; book-plate on front paste-down; ex-library with ink stamp along bottom of title-page and rear blank, library card mounted to same rear blank.

Property of Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge

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Dwight, Timothy
A Discourse, Delivered at New-Haven, Feb. 22, 1800; On the Character of George Washington, Esq. At the Request of the Citizens
New-Haven: Printed by Thomas Green and Son, 1800. First edition. 8vo. 55 pp. Three-quarter brown morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt, head of spine chipped; top edge gilt, other edges trimmed; contemporary ownership signature and library number at head of title-page; book-plate on front paste-down. Sabin 21549; Evans 37339

Together with:

Washington's Farewell Address, to the People of the United States
New-York: Printed by J. Seymour, 1808. First edition. 12mo. 45 pp. Lacking frontispiece. Contemporary quarter red morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, stamped in gilt, boards and extremities rubbed; all edges trimmed; front hinge worn; book-plate on front paste-down. Sabin 101605

Together with:

Toner, J.M.
George Washington as an Inventor and Promoter of the Useful Arts. An Address Delivered at Mount Vernon, April 10, 1891
Washington, D.C.: Press of Gedney & Roberts Co., 1892. 8vo. 69, (1), (8) pp. Three-quarter navy blue calf over marbled paper-covered boards, brown morocco spine label, stamped in gilt, boards and spine rubbed; top edge gilt, other edges trimmed; matching marbled endpapers; book-plate on front paste-down; ex-library with ink stamp along bottom of title-page and rear blank, library card mounted to same rear blank.

Property of Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge

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