Rippon Lodge. Signed copy.
by [Prince William County, Virginia]. BLACK, Rear Admiral Richard Blackburn
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- Paperback
- Signed
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- Seller
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Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, United States
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About This Item
No place [Fairfax County, Virginia]: No place [Fairfax County, Virginia], (1965). Offprint originally published in "Through the West Gate of Mount Vernon," a publication of the Historical Society of Fairfax County, Virginia 8vo, unpaginated [8 pp], with a photographic illustration. Original printed paper wraps, this copy signed by the author, with presentation to the Colonial Dames, dated 10 October, 1977 on the upper cover.
Modest edge wear, wraps foxed & soiled, otherwise very good.
Presents the author's essay on Rippon Lodge, the oldest remaining house in Prince William County, Virginia, which was built in 1725 by an ancestor & purchased by Black in 1952. Admiral Richard Blackburn Black accompanied Richard E. Byrd's second antarctic expedition in 1933 for which he was awarded a Special Silver Medal by Congress. During World War II he served in the Tarawa and Saipan campaigns and subsequently received a Bronze Star.
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- Seller
- Citation Books, ABAA/ ILAB (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 688
- Title
- Rippon Lodge. Signed copy.
- Author
- [Prince William County, Virginia]. BLACK, Rear Admiral Richard Blackburn
- Format/Binding
- Printed paper wraps
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- No place
- Place of Publication
- [Fairfax County, Virginia]
- Date Published
- (1965)
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Colonial American History, Rippon Lodge, Prince William County, Virginia, George Washington, Richard E. Byrd, Richard Blackburn Black, Antartica
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History; Architecture; Virginia; Signed;
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