Product Description
Fine condition turquoise cloth boards contained in a very good condition non-price clipped color illustrated dust jacket.
Includes Dedication; Preface; List of Illustrations; Bibliography; Index; and List of Washington's Chief Aides and Their Periods of Service.
Illustrated with photographs, drawings, silhouettes and maps by the author.
The right front jacket edge where the flap folds in shows some light rubbing going about halfway down and the lower rear jacket contains a pin sized chip and light jacket discoloration.
The jacket illustration is very bright and all pages are in very fine condition.
Signed via a typed Presentation Letter, (formerly glued to the front endpaper but now loose), by the author, Alice Curtis Desmond and husband Tom as follows: "Mrs.
Donald G.
Tewksbury: Dear Friend: This copy of "Sword and Pen for George Washington" is being presented to you because you are among the friends we cherish.
Circumstance in recent years have prevented our being personally with our friends as often as we would wish.
But the gift to you of this book emphasizes that you continue high in the respect and regard of the author and her husband.
(signed) Alice & tom Desmond Newburgh, New York October 28, 1964.
" "This fascinating book is about the widely varied young men who volunteered their sword and their pen in the service of George Washington.
It is told against the background of the Revolution and the early days of the United States of America.
Mrs.
Desmond is a serious historian, who weaves her wealth of authentic Revolutionary knowledge into an entertaining story.
This versatile author has also drawn the fascinating, characterful silhouettes of the main personalities in her book, each accompanied by an authentic (facsimile) signature.
" Signed by Author.
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