William M Thayer - George Washington: His Boyhood and Manhood, 1883 Academy Chicago Black cloth with gold lettering

Black cloth with gold lettering to spine and cover

clean copy inside

Front end paper with inscription

Includes some correspondence with John Whitbourne and Richard Dalby about the book

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William M Thayer - George Washington: His Boyhood and Manhood, 1883 Academy Chicago Black cloth with gold letteringWilliam M Thayer George Washington: His Boyhood and Manhood, Hodder and Stoughton, 1883 Original cloth which has stained and rubbed. A copy presenting the elements of success, from boyhood to manhood, in the career and noble character of George Washington. Condition: White stain to spine. Bumped and rubbed corners and edges. Hingecrack, foxing to patterned and white endpapers, and title page. Pencil notation. Stains to tail edge. Text firm and clean.