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The Life of Major General James Jackson [INSCRIBED]

Charlton, Thomas U. P.

Augusta, Georgia: James H. Meegan, 1898. First edition. Hardcover. 108/250 signed and numbered by publisher James H. Meegan on colophon. Inscribed "Andrew Jackson Lamar from his Cousin William D. Grant Dec. 25th, 1897" on front free endpaper. Small Quarto. ix, 215pp. Original black pebbled cloth with gilt lettering on spine. Genealogical chart. Frontispiece portrait engraving of James Jackson with tissue guard. Original 1809 title page. The only reprint of the 1809 edition. Illustrated with twelve b/w portrait engravings of army contemporaries and one b/w reproduction of an illustration of a family tea pot, in addition to the frontispiece. Account in two parts of the revolutionary as well as the civil pursuits of the distinguished Major General and later Governor of Georgia. Contains the eulogy delivered in Savannah, in February, 1806, by the author of this work. Binding with very light wear along edges and lightly sunned spine. Foredge of block untrimmed with signature pages 125-128 loose though perfectly intact. Binding in overall good, interior in good+ to very good condition. g to vg. Item #43002

Price: $275.00