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Mon Feb 21 08:52:03 EST 2005

a small selection of books about George Washington-
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Detweiler, Susan G. "GEORGE WASHINGTON'S CHINAWARE"

New York; Harry Abrams: 1982. "Pray let them be neat and fashionable or 
send none" wrote the 26 year old George Washington in an order for china to 
an English merchant in 1758. Washington's personal concern for overseeing 
every detail of the furnishing of his home right down to the chinaware was 
consistent with his position as a member of the 18th century gentry. 
Fortunately a large amount of both the china and his correspondence 
concerning it have survived. This acclaimed study of George Washington's 
imported china and its history provides a fascinating sidelight into the 
and European Trades and the way porcelains reached America in the 18th 
century. Hardcover. 9.5"x11", 244 pages, 55 color and 106 b/w 
illustrations, dj; a fine copy in a fine jacket. [01780] $75.00

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with the scarce Index volume-

Griffin, Appleton P.C. "A CATALOGUE OF THE WASHINGTON COLLECTION IN THE 
BOSTON ATHENAEUM" [with the] "INDEX"

Boston Athenaeum: 1897 [& 1900]. This large catalog is divided into four 
parts- Books from the Library of George Washington; other books from Mount 
Vernon; Writings of Washington; and Washingtoniana. There is an appendix 
containing the inventory of Washington's library drawn up by the appraisers 
of his estate. There are further notes on the Washington books not in the 
Athenaeum Collection by William Coolidge Lane, Librarian of the Boston 
Athenaeum. The second volume is the hard-to-find Index, compiled by Poole 
in 1900. 2 vols. Hardcover. 7"x9.5", 566 pages, some b/w illustrations; 
fine red ribbed covers with gilt spine title, as issued; endpapers lightly 
toned, else a very nice copy; [and Index: 6.5"x9", 85 pages; originally 
issued in paper covers, rebound here in green buckram with gilt spine title 
w/call number; a near fine copy]. [06867] $250.00

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One of 55 copies on special paper-

Griffin, Appleton P.C. "A CATALOGUE OF THE WASHINGTON COLLECTION IN THE 
BOSTON ATHENAEUM"

Boston Athenaeum: 1897. One of 55 numbered copies printed on special paper. 
This large catalog is divided into four parts- Books from the Library of 
George Washington; other books from Mount Vernon; Writings of Washington; 
and Washingtoniana. There is an appendix containing the inventory of 
Washington's library drawn up by the appraisers of his estate. There are 
further notes on the Washington books not in the Athenaeum Collection by 
William Coolidge Lane, Librarian of the Boston Athenaeum. Hardcover. 
7"x9.5", 566 pages, some b/w illustrations; fine green ribbed covers with 
gilt spine title, as issued; a few cover scuffs, but a very nice copy. 
Opposite the half-title there is the handwritten note: "No.43 of 55 copies 
on special paper. Wm. C. Lane, Librarian". The paper is heavier and stiffer 
than that in the trade edition, and the book is about 25 per cent thicker. 
[06868] $300.00

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"MONUMENTS OF WASHINGTON'S PATRIOTISM: containing a Fac-Simile of His 
Public Accounts, kept during the Revolutionary War; and some of the most 
interesting documents connected with his military command and civil 
administrations"

Washington; Washington's Manual Labor School and Male Orphan Asylum: 1841. 
3rd edition, with additions and embellishments. An appealing and 
interesting compilation of material related to Washington, including a 
facsimile of Washington's now-famous "Expense Account", letters and 
resolutions honoring him, his Farewell Addresses to the Army and Nation, 
his Inaugural Address and other state speeches, and much more! Hardcover. 
9"x14", [viii] + 10-4 pages, + portrait frontispiece, and 9 lithographed 
and engraved plates with tissue guards; bound in sumptuous red pebbled 
leather with elaborate gilt scrollwork decorations, as issued. Covers worn, 
tips rubbed, spine head chipped; hinges shaken and front hinge a bit 
corroded; light to moderate foxing; plates toned by tissue guards; several 
signatures pulling. [06273] $175.00

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"AN ADDRESS IN LATIN, BY JOSEPH WILLARD, S.T.D., L.L.D. PRESIDENT; AND A 
DISCOURSE IN ENGLISH, BY DAVID TAPPAN, S.T.D., HOLLIS PROFESSOR OF 
DIVINITY; DELIVERED BEFORE THE UNIVERSITY IN CAMBRIDGE, FEB 21, 1800, IN 
SOLEMN COMMEMORATION OF GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON"

Charlestown; Samuel Etheridge: 1800. These two addresses were part of the 
ceremonies at Harvard, which also included an address by Washington Allston 
(which was not allowed to be printed).   5"x8.5", 44 pages, front cover 
detached but present, rear cover detached and not present; some soil and 
spots and a few very minor chips. [02907] $150.00

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