![Item #8547] His Excellency George Washington. Joseph J. Ellis, George Washington](https://thirdmindbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8547.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1769189906)
New York, NY, USA: Alfred A. Knopf, 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. "The author of seven highly acclaimed books, Joseph J. Ellis has crafted a landmark biography that brings to life in all his complexity the most important and perhaps least understood figure in American history, George Washington. With his careful attention to detail and his lyrical prose, Ellis has set a new standard for biography. Drawing from the newly catalogued..... More
[Item #8547]![Item #8549] George Washington: The Making of an American Symbol. Barry Schwartz, George Washington](https://thirdmindbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8549.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1769189794)
New York, NY, USA: Free Press, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. “Douglas Freeman concedes in the introduction to one of his seven volumes on the life of Washington, that “the transformation of the quiet Virginia planter into the revered continental commander is beyond documentary explanation.” In truth, no combination of written documents and artifacts can in itself account for Washington’s rise to fame. Yet, from materials on Washington’s life and times..... More
[Item #8549]![Item #8865] Gentry No. 21 (Winter 1956-57). Sydney Carroll, Henry James, Henri Matisse, W....](https://thirdmindbooks.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/8865.jpg?width=768&height=1000&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1776442681)
New York, NY, USA: Reporter Publications, Inc., 1956. First Edition. Stapled Sheets with Wrappers. This vintage edition of the 1950s-era gentlemen's magazine Gentry highlights eight artists in its feature story with the cover focusing on the color reproductions of Henri Matisse's (1869-1954) "Jazz" collage series. Also included are a short novel by Prudencio de Peredo (1912-1973) illustrated by Feliks Topolski (1907-1989), a series of watercolors by David Fredenthal (1914-1958), photography..... More
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