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Mount Vernon, Its Children, Its Romances, Its Allied Families And Mansions
by Lowther, Minnie Kendall
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good- in Poor dust jacket
- Seller
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Traverse City, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: John C. Winston. Very Good- in Poor dust jacket. 1930. First Edition. Hardcover. Chapters include Mt. Vernon, The American Ancestory of George Washington, Nelly Custis, The Arlington Estate, The Lees at Arlington, etc. Original blue cloth covers with gilt spine and cover lettering and a pictorial pasteon of Mt. Vernon on the front cover. There is a small number on the front end paper (1516), spotting to the spine, a few spots to the foredge, and it appears an old bookplate may have been removed from the front end paper, else a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings. The dust jacket lacks the spine, but front and rear panels in in a removable acetate dust jacket protector now. ; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 282 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Peninsula Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17470
- Title
- Mount Vernon, Its Children, Its Romances, Its Allied Families And Mansions
- Author
- Lowther, Minnie Kendall
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good- in Poor dust jacket
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- John C. Winston
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1930
- Keywords
- Colonial America, George Washington, Mt. Vernon, Presidents
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About the Seller
Peninsula Books
Biblio member since 2023
Traverse City, Michigan
About Peninsula Books
Peninsula Books has been providing fine and rare books to collectors, institutions and the book trade since 1980. We have a select general stock of books and specialize in Americana in its many forms. We welcome your inquiries and are always happy to answer any questions about our books. Email is usually the quickest way to have your questions answered.
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