STATED FIRST EDITION-1936 BY THE LITERARY GUILD OF NEW YORK. BOARDS ARE OF PURPLE CLOTH. OUR COPY HAS SOME FADING AND DISCOLORATION. THERE IS ALSO SCUFFING ON COVERS AND SPINE. NAME WRITTEN IN SMALL FONT ON FIRST PAGE. OTHERWISE NO MARKING OR WRITING NOTED WITHIN BOOK. PAGES HAVE AGE RELATED TANNING WITH DISCOLORATION PRESENT ON SOME PAGES. MUSTY ODOR.
Lafayette - a general in the Continental Army at age 20, friend of George Washington was just the beginning of his amazing life. This book does a great job taking the reader thru the next 50 years of his life. General Lafayette (he stopped using his Marquis title) was a key figure in the years of France's growth to a republic.