LIFE OF PATRICK HENRY by Wirt, William - 1836

Purcellville VA: Home School Legal Defense Association. FACSIMILE Edition 1998. Clean tight fresh. One careful reader. No remainder or other markings. Lightest foxing to edge Size: 12mo . Near Fine. Hardcover. Hardcover. 1998.

Home School Legal Defense Association. Fine. 1998. Revised Edition. Hardcover. No defects, As New. Bright gilt titles to spine on brown decorated covers. . Biography of Patrick Henry. Handsome facsimile edition of a book originally published in 1859. . 8vo 8" - 9" tall. 468 pages. T2 .

NEW YORK: A.L. BURT COMPANY, 1903 VERY NICE DARK BLUE COVER, GOLD DESIGN AND PRINT SPINE. FRONTISPIECE A PICTURE OF PATRICK HENRY. FORMER OWNERS LABEL IN FRONT. TIGHT AND CLEAN THROUGHOUT.
FOR THE LOVER OF HISTORY AND UNITED STATES. 11 CHAPTERS WITH GREAT DETAIL.
Patrick Henry (May 29, 1736 – June 6, 1799) was an American politician, planter and orator who declared to the Second Virginia Convention (1775): "Give me liberty, or give me death!" A Founding Father, he served as the first and sixth post-colonial Governor of Virginia, from 1776 to 1779 and from 1784 to 1786.
A native of Hanover County, Virginia, Henry was primarily educated at home. After an unsuccessful venture running a store, as well as assisting his father-in-law at Hanover Tavern, he became a lawyer through self-study. Beginning his practice in 1760, Henry soon became prominent through his victory in the Parson's Cause against the Anglican clergy. He was elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses, where he… Read More

A. L. Burt Company, 1908. maroon boards with faded gilt ltrs on spine, gilt printers ink on top edges, frontiespiece tissue is intact, corners bumped, pages browning, writing on ffep, hinge broken at title page, clean & tight. American biography edited with notes by Henry Ketcham... Reprint. Hardcover. Good/No DJ. Illus. by . 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

New York: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co., 1841. Revised edition. Hardcover. Good condition, backstrip extensively chipped & cracked. 304 p. Howes W-586

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S. ANDRUS & SON, 1848. hardcover. Good. 0x0x0. S. Andrus and Son; Hartford, 1848. Hardcover. Tenth Edition (corrected by the author). A Very Good, full leather binding with missing spine label, moderate handling/scuffing to leather boards and spine, splitting to joints but boards still attached, some loss to spine top and bottom edges, rubbing along board edges, specked text block edges, bit dusty top text block edge, some age toning to pages, small abrasions to board corners, leather binding a bit dry, discoloration to pastedown and endpaper margins, slightly bowed front board. A good, overall clean and unmarked copy. 8vo[octavo or approx. 6 x 9 inches]. 468pp., appendix. We pack securely and ship daily with delivery confirmation on every book. The picture on the listing page is of the actual book for sale. Additional Scan(s) are available for any item, please inquire.