(Washington) Weems, Mason L. THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON; WITH CURIOUS ANECDOTES, EQUALLY HONOURABLETO HIMSELF AND EXEMPLARY TO HIS YOUNG COUNTRYMEN. printed for Mathew Carey, Philadelphia: 1810. HOWES W218 SABIN 102486 12mo.; 228pp. Illus., portrait, six engraved plates, folding map (several old paper repairs on verso). Contemporary calf (rubbed), leather spine label. Persistent foxing, but a solid copy. "Tenth edition, greatly improved." but apparently the first to include a map. Both Howes & Sabin describe the editions through the ninth ed., without mentioning a map. The one included here, "The United States of America" (Philadelphia, W. Barker, sculp.) pictures the country beyond the Mississippi, with the "N.W. Territory," "Indiana Territory," and "Louisiana" labelled. No earlier edition described by Skeel includes a map. Price: USD 1,250.00 other currencies   order no. 31994    inquire

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