[Rarebooks] FS: 6 nice George Washington books

[Joslin Hall Rare Books, ABAA]

A half-dozen on George Washington-


EXHIBITION OF ENGRAVED PORTRAITS OF WASHINGTON. COMMEMORATIVE OF THE 
CENTENARY OF HIS DEATH.  New York; Grolier Club: 1899.  An exhibition of 
277 portraits, held at the Grolier Club on the Centenary of Washington's 
death. The exhibition was put together some 20 years after Baker had 
published his seminal work on Washington portraits, and the introduction to 
this catalog notes that Hart's catalog is in preparation. Since gallery 
space at the Grolier Club was limited, the Exhibition Committee chose not 
to have a comprehensive collection of portraits, but rather to exhibit the 
rarer ones.  Softcover. 4.5"x7", 51 pages; cover printed in red & black; 
light soil, a little wear, a few small chips and dings to the covers. With 
the original Errata slip, as well as the slip telling readers to throw away 
the original Errata slip and substitute a new one, and the new Errata slip 
-a bibliographical triple-play.  [08569] $100.00


GEORGE WASHINGTON BICENTENNIAL HISTORICAL LOAN EXHIBITION OF PORTRAITS OF 
GEORGE WASHINGTON AND HIS ASSOCIATES, also a Collection of Washingtoniana 
at the Corcoran Gallery of Art.  United States George Washington 
Bicentennial Commission: 1932.  The descriptive catalog to a major loan 
exhibition featuring 160 portraits and a smattering of other "artifacts" 
related to Washington and his "associates" (sounds like a law firm). 
Certainly this exhibition was, and remains, the most comprehensive 
gathering of Washington portraits in a single place.  Softcover. 6"x9", 68 
pages, 3 b/w plates; a very nice copy. [08471] $60.00


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-titten 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


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.  $175.00


Walter, James.  MEMORIALS OF WASHINGTON AND OF MARY, HIS MOTHER, AND 
MARTHA, HIS WIFE, from Letters and Papers of Robert Cary and James 
Sharples.  New York; Charles Scribner's Sons: 1887.  John Lovari, writing 
in Karpel, notes- "Apparently an interesting and valuable account of 
Sharples's connection with the Washington family, with comments on Robert 
Fulton and his friendship with Sharples and on the two men as artists and 
scientists. Although this is a seemingly plausible and valid description of 
the book after a first reading of it, the work, an abridged version of 
which had appeared in 1886 under the title 'History and Descriptive Details 
of Middleton's Portraits of Mary, the Mother of Washington', ranks with 
Clifford Irving's recent 'biography' of Howard Hughes as one of the major 
hoaxes of the publishing world. Walter was attacked on twelve points of 
plagiarism, forgery, and fabrication of evidence by the members of the 
Massachusetts Historical Society". Well, now. Karpel H721.  Hardcover. 
6.5"x10", xii + 362 pages, plus 12 b/w plates; erratum slip; publisher's 
green cloth with black decorations and Washington's coat of arms stamped in 
gilt; slight wear, but overall a very nice, crisp, clean copy. With the 
small printed book ticket of the noted American book collector Grenville 
Kane, the bulk of whose Americana and Incunabula collections are now at 
Princeton. In addition to being an important book collector, Kane was also 
a founding member of the Tuxedo Club, a group of wealthy New Yorkers who 
summered together at Tuxedo Park in upstate New York; the group was 
responsible for introducing to American Society the new-fangled semi-formal 
dinner jacket worn at a dinner by the Prince of Wales, and naming it the... 
yes, that's right.  $250.00


Willard, Joseph & David Tappan.  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).  Although a 
search of OCLC locates various Washington orations held around the 
Commonwealth that were printed by Etheridge, this title does not turn 
up.  ~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.  $150.00


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