Horry peter marion parson weems (2 risultati)

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. This is a rebind of the 1841 printing of this biography of Marion. The binding is in a reddish-maroon cloth with gilt titles on the spine, probably done a few decades ago. The interior pages are evenly and mildly toned. Square and securely bound -- a solid and attractive copy. ; B&W Illustrations; 16mo 6" - 7" tall; 252 pages; Horry's and Weems biography of Marion was first published in 1814. It proved extremely popular and went through many editions and printings.…

Collates as [fp], [frontis], i-vi, 7-76, [b/w plate], 77-86, [b/w plate], 87-114, [b/w plate], 115-152, [b/w plate], 153-206, [b/w plate], 207-252, [rfep], [rp]. Hardcover: H 17.5cm x L 11.25cm. Contemporary full leather; front board detached; rear board tenuous; board edges worn with rear board also having a surface crack to its upper fore-edge corner; spine has long scuff at center with chipping at ends; spine retains its original gilt lettered black title label. Front pastedown has surface peeling, ownership inscription dated 1835, and old colored wax pencil writing; missing ffep and perhaps a ffly (fp immediately opposite frontis' blank recto); varied foxing/toning to interior leaves with a few corners creased from fold-ins; old pencil tracings of two coins on rfep verso. Text block remains firm. Book is now presented in a trimmed Dura-Lar (polyester film) sheet forming a dj which aids in securing the boards and modestly enhances shelf presence. Sold as is for the book could use a binder's attention. Popular 19th century account of South Carolina Revolutionary War hero Francis Marion which was first published in 1809 but, with Weems' reputation as a mythopoeist, should be perused with some skepticism and, in that regard, bibliographer Wright Howes (U.S.IANA #H650) commented "General Horry furnished the facts, Parson Weems the rhetoric; so much of it that Horry became indignant and disclaimed all connection with the book.".…