Item description for 1836 Vols IX & XI, Writings GEORGE WASHINGTON as Commander-in-Chief & President

This is for volumes IX and XI of The WRITINGS of GEORGE WASHINGTON Being his Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and other Papers, Official and Private selected and published from the original manuscripts... notes and illustrations by Jared Sparks.

Volume IX - PART THIRD containing Correspondence from the Time of Resigning his Commission as Commander-in-Chief of the Army, to that of his Inauguration as President

Volume XI - PART FOURTH (continued) containing Correspondence. official and private, from the Beginning of his Presidency to the end of his life.

Please see photos for more on contents and condition.

Bound in original period calfskin leather. Covers have the usual wear, cracked joints, chipped spine covers and scuffs. Most pages are in good condition, some pages are more toned than others, with varying degrees of tan spots and stains. Vol XI - Binding is separating at start of book, and a name is written on front endpaper. Pages are wavy, stiff and crinkly. and many pages have stains. Spines are sun tanned.

Thanks for looking !

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