The life of George Washington, commander-in-chief of the American armies, and first president of the United States: : to which are added, his diaries and speeches; and various miscellaneous papers relating to his habits and opinions. / by Jared Sparks. In two volumes.
Sparks, Jared
Category
Books
Date
1839
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Anglesey Abbey, Cambridgeshire
NT 3237841
Summary
Bibliographic description
2 v. : ill., ports. ; 8vo. Extra illustrated copy. Loosely inserted in vol. 1: clipping from book dealer's catalogue describing this copy, with price cut out. Provenance: Twentieth-century armorial bookplate (small variant), signed Badeley 1930: ‘Urban Huttleston Rogers Lord Fairhaven’ [i.e.: Urban Huttleston Rogers Broughton, 1st Lord Fairhaven (1896-1966)]. Binding: full red morocco; triple gilt fillet to form a border; gilt-stamped cornerpieces (floral sprays); spines gilt, lettered direct: 'The life of George Washington Sparks Vol. I[-II]. Extra illustrated'; double gilt fillet on board edges; elaborate gilt rolled turn-ins; gilt textblock edges; dark red watered silk endleaves; red ribbon marker in each vol. Binder's gilt stamp on front pastedown: Bound by Root & Son. London.
Makers and roles
Sparks, Jared, author