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Hugh Wynne, Free Quaker:. Sometime Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel on the Staff of His Excellency General Washington - Continental Edition, Illustrated (In Two Volumes).
New York: Century Co., 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Mitchell was a well-known Philadelphia physician who was also well known for his poetry and prose. Pyle was commissioned to illustrate this work (supporting lithos and photoplates) and accepted, knowing that Mitchell was well known to be difficult. Though the process was painful, the result is quite acceptional. Overall, a rather handsome set. Very Good. No DJ. Light shelf/edge wear, touch of spotting on front board of both, spines lightly toned, else tight, bright and unmarred. Beige cloth boards, black ink lettering, gilt decorative elements, in blind decorative elements, teg, frontispiece, tissueguards. 8vo. ix, 306pp; vii, 261pp (plus approx. 63 np plate pages bound/tipped in). Item #3734
Price: $45.00