[publisher: Julian Messner, Inc., New York] Hardcover This biography of Hamilton by Smertenko (1897-1983) was written for young readers (Smertenko also wrote an authoritative biography for adults), using accounts of eye-witnesses, against the backdrop of a compact history of Revolutionary times and the first years of the American Republic. Original blue cloth boards (23.5 cm height), flecked, lettered gilt on spine and gilt embossed - rubbed image of Hamilton, top cover. Flecked (though picture looks worse than reality). Tinted illustrated endpapers. Same, rear endpapers inner hinge restored. Pp. viii (i), List of Illustrations (verso blank) 336 with Bibliography and Index. 6 full page drawings, illustrated chapter-headings.
[Adelaide, SA, Australia] [Publication Year: 1941]
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