An Anecdote Concerning a Cherry-Tree and George Washington, General and Commander of the Armies of America

Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1932 Book. Fine. Hardcover. First edition. One of 65 copies presented to the Roxburghe Club by members of the Stanford University Press at a meeting commemorating George Washington's Bi-centenary. With a Prefatory Note by Nathan Van Patten Esq. [4], 8, [4]pp. Frontis portrait. Gray boards, printed paper label on front cover, paper parchment spine. Wear to head of spine. A very good copy. The paper used for the cover and text was made by hand in Holland and France during the eighteenth century. The paper was part of the "Dudley Herbarium," presented to the University in 1891 by Leland Stanford. This copy from the personal collection of author/historian Carl I. Wheat..