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
About the Seller
Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc., ABAA, MWABA
About Abraham Lincoln Book Shop, Inc., ABAA, MWABA
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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
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...