George Washington 1732-1799.

SAWYER, Joseph Dillaway [George Washington].

Item Number: 139237

Boston: Thomas W. Best, 1927.

The Bi-Centennial edition of Sawyer’s survey of the life of George Washington, published to commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of his birth, signed by the author. Octavo, four volumes, bound in full crushed levant morocco by the Harcourt Bindery, gilt titles and tooling to the spine in six compartments within raised gilt bands, elaborate gilt ruling to the front and rear endpapers with Federal shield cornerpieces, gilt turn-ins and inner dentelles, top edge gilt, ribbon bound in, tissue-guarded engraved frontispiece of Houdon’s famed bust of Washington, illustrated with facsimiles and photographs. One of three hundred sets signed by Joseph Dillaway Sawyer on the limitation page, this is number 10. In near fine condition. Rare and in an exceptional binding.

George Washington was an American statesman and soldier who served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and later presided over the 1787 convention that drafted the United States Constitution. He is popularly considered the driving force behind the nation's establishment and came to be known as the "father of the country," both during his lifetime and to this day.