1789 2V HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION DAVID RAMSAY

THIS IS A VERY RARE 2 VOLUME COMPLETE MATCHING SET OF THE HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BY DAVID RAMSAY M.D. VERY RARE MATCHING SET POSSIBLE GEORGE WYTHE SIGNATURE

PRINTED IN PHILADELPHIA BY AITKEN & SON MDCCLXXXIX 1789

CONDITION:

VOLUME 1 - ORIGINAL LEATHER BINDING WITH TITLE LABEL ON SPINE - BINDING SECURE AND TEXT BLOCK TIGHT - TITLE AND PREFACE PAGE IS HANGING BY A THREAD - NO FFEP - BOOK PLATE FOR THE FRONT ROYAL LIBRARIAN SOCIETY - TITLE PAGE IS CHIPPED AND MISSING SOME MINOR PARTS BUT NOTHING THAT AFFECTS TEXT - THE BACK OF THE TITLE PAGE AND THE PREFACE PAGE IS SIGNED THOMAS BUCKS BOOK MAY 18 1827 - BUCKS MIGHT HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA - FOXING THROUGHOUT - BACK BLANK END PAPER HAS A SMALL SECTION ON TOP MISSING

VOLUME 2 - ORIGINAL LEATHER BINDING WITH TITLE LABEL ON SPINE - SPINE HAS SOME WEAR & SOME MINOR LOSS ON THE TOP - COVERS TIGHT - COVERS HAVE SOME WEAR - BOOKPLATE FOR THE FRONT ROYAL LIBRARIAN SOCIETY - FOXING THROUGHOUT - SIGNED BY GEORGE WYTHE IN LEAD ON THE END OF THE BOOK.  UNSURE IF THIS IS A SIGNATURE OF THE FAMOUS VIRGINIA STATESMAN AS HE WAS LIVING AT THE TIME OF THE PUBLISHING OF THE BOOK

AGAIN A VERY RARE MATCHING SET...SOMETHING YOU DO NOT FIND

ALONG WITH THE 1807 FIRST EDITION OF DAVID RAMSAY'S THE LIFE OF GEORGE WASHINGTON COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE ARMIES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THROUGHOUT THE WAR WHICH ESTABLISHED THEIR INDEPENDENCE AND FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES WITH FRONTIS OF WASHINGTON - SOME MINOR WEAR & TEAR HERE AND THERE BUT A TIGHT BINDING ORIGINAL LEATHER COVERS ORIGINAL TITLE LABLE A VERY NICE BOOK

A VERY DIFFICULT DECISION FOR ME TO SELL IT BUT TIMES ARE TOUGH.