Description
Inscribed first edition, first printing of Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow.
Octavo, [xi], [1], 818pp, [1]. Maroon cloth spine over maroon boards, title in gilt on spine. The first printing, with a full number line on the copyright page. Faint blemish along top edge of front cover, lightly bumped fore edge. In the publisher’s state dust jacket, $35.00 retail price on front flap, light shelf wear to rear panel, a near fine example.
Signed by the author on the title page: “With all good wishes – Ron Chernow.”
Hamilton by Ron Chernow was published on April 26, 2004, by The Penguin Press. The biography was a finalist for the 2005 National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography and won the inaugural George Washington Book Prize in 2005. Its success contributed to public interest in Hamilton and inspired Lin-Manuel Miranda to create the Broadway musical Hamilton, which premiered in 2015.
