2 ANTIQUE BOOKS DRINKING & WASHINGTON
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1- Americana Ebrietatis: The Favorite Tipple of Our Forefathers and the Laws and Customs Relating Theretonny Hewson L. Peeke. New York: privately printed, only 100 copies, 1917. First Edition. Publisher’s imitation vellum spine and cloth; near fine in a (presumably original issue) cloth dust jacket with gilt stamping. Personalized and signed in front by the author. The author, who was a Prohibition candidate for Congress in 1902 and 1906, provides a scholarly account of drinking in America. 2- NY: Privately Printed, 1908. Hardcover. VG. Green cloth. 66 pp. 16 bw plates and illustrations. Evidently spurred on by the author's own collection of Washington portraits, this book examines the difference in Washington portraits as demonstrated by examples from the artists John Trumbull, Charles Willson Peale and Gilbert Stuart. 225 copies printed on van gelder hand-made paper. Some pages still uncut.tear to book spine top . Weight in both 2 pds 3 oz. PROVENANCE: A Charleston SC Private Estate. PROVENANCE: A Charleston SC Private Estate
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2 ANTIQUE BOOKS DRINKING & WASHINGTON
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