[Rarebooks] FS: George Washington at Boston Athenaeum 1/55 special copies

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

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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