"The Washington Papers" Edited by Saul K. Padover - Leather-bound, gilt-edged Easton Press edition

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Full title: The Washington Papers: Basic Selections from the Public and Private Writings of George Washington. Edited and arranged, with an introduction, by Saul K. Padover, Dean, School of Politics, New School for Social Research. Published at Norwalk, Connecticut by by The Easton Press, as part of The Library of the Presidents series. 439 pp.

A one-volume selection of George Washington’s public and private writings, covering both the personal and political sides of his life.

Sections include:

• Family origins
• Extracts from diaries
• Autobiographic glimpses
• Brief comments on himself
• Last Will and Testament, July 9, 1799
• The American Revolution
• Union and Constitution
• Addresses and messages
• Comments on contemporaries
• Maxims, mottos, and brief opinions

In excellent condition. 

In a beautiful Easton Press limited edition. Accented in 22kt gold, printed on archival paper with gilded edges, smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. Bound In full leather with hubbed spines.

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