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BUTTON GWINNETT: SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
by Jenkins, Charles Francis
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
1st edition Limited 439/1,001, 291p., frontispiece, illustrations, top edge gilt.
Gwinnett accomplished enough in life to merit a biography, but his real fame lies in his status as a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Several factors, including his relative obscurity and his death soon after the signing of the Declaration, make Gwinnett the rarest of almost any signature of Americana. There are only a couple dozen known examples. Author Isaac Azimov even wrote a sci-fi short story about crazed collectors and their attempts to use time travel to get their hands on a Button Gwinnett autograph.
This limited edition biography is not as rare as the signature, but it is very uncommon in this condition. Usual toning, but wonderfully clean; pages uncut; near fine condition!
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Details
- Bookseller
- Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc., ABAA, MWABA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 962529063
- Title
- BUTTON GWINNETT: SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
- Author
- Jenkins, Charles Francis
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- New York: Doubleday, Page & Company,
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1926
- Pages
- 291
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc., ABAA, MWABA
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About the Seller
Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc., ABAA, MWABA
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chicago, Illinois
About Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc., ABAA, MWABA
Since 1938, Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc. has specialized in autographs, books-rare, out-of-print, and signed, documents, ephemera, manuscripts, paintings, photographs, prints, sculpture, and other material culture related to Abraham Lincoln, the U.S. Civil War, and American Presidents.For the time being, Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc is open by appointment. If you have a certain interest and would like to visit, please get in touch to make an appointment. We can curate some items specifically for you. We are also a small shop and staff members are occasionally out of the shop for appraisals or programs. We would like to have the most knowledgeable person on hand to help you. We are also available for sales consultations via Zoom. Please get in touch if that interests you.
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- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Top Edge Gilt
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