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Memoirs of the Life of the Late Charles Lee, Esq.: Lieutenant-Colonel of the Forty-Fourth Regiment; Colonel in the Portuguese Service; Major-General and Aid de Camp to the King of Poland, and Second in Command in the Service of the United States of America during the Revolution
by Lee, Charles; Langworthy, Edward, editor
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About This Item
New York: T. Allen, Bookseller and Stationer, 1793. Hardcover. Very Good -. The Second American Edition. Title continued: "To which are added, His Political and Military Essays: Also, Letters to and from Many Distinguished Characters, both in Europe and America." viii, 284 p.; 18 cm. Early 19th-century? half calf with marbled paper over boards. Paper spine label with handwritten title: Memoirs of Charles Lee. Small printed paper label at tail of spine with "219." Orange bookplate on front fixed endpaper identifying this as Property of the Mechanics' Library Association, Lancaster, Pa. (stamped "withdrawn"). This label is over a partially removed pink bookplate. Faint blue oval stamp on title page reading "Mechanics Society, Lancaster, Pa." The Mechanics' Library Association of Lancaster was founded in 1829 as the Mechanics' Society. Early American Imprints, ser. 1 (Evans), 25701. Howes, L-83. Memoirs of Major General Lee signed (p. 47): Edward Langworthy, Baltimore, March 10th, 1787. In Very Good- Condition: edges are lightly rubbed; head of spine more heavily rubbed; finger soiling along edges of pages; occasional foxing; otherwise, clean and tight.
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- Classic Books and Ephemera
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- Title
- Memoirs of the Life of the Late Charles Lee, Esq.: Lieutenant-Colonel of the Forty-Fourth Regiment; Colonel in the Portuguese Service; Major-General and Aid de Camp to the King of Poland, and Second in Command in the Service of the United States of America during the Revolution
- Author
- Lee, Charles; Langworthy, Edward, editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good -
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- T. Allen, Bookseller and Stationer
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1793
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History; Militaria;
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