American Revolution from Dorley House Books

NY: A.S. Barnes & Company, 1880. includes American Revolution; Rare; John Austen Stevens (The Southern Campaign, 1780: The gates of Camden...Including the plan of the Battle By Colonel Senff, etc); Thomas Addis Emmet (Letters of Major-General Horatio Lloyd Gates & Orders Issued By him); fold out map, etc; 80 clean, unmarked pages+16 pages of ads...the "Gates Issue"...about General… Read more about this item

Providence, RI: A. Crawford Greene, State Printer, 1862. First Edition, First Printing; brown cloth w/moderate wear at spine/tips; ownr's names; 643 clean, unmarked pages; in mylar protective wraps. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8 Vo; 2.5 Pounds.

London: J. Debrett, 1782. 3/4 brown calf w/green boards, moderate wear at spine/tips, some rubbing; lite and scattered froxing; Volume 15 in two parts of an annual publication printed in London...Contains many official reports and letters about the Revolutionary War, a valuable source and extremely scarce. Leatherbound. Collectible Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8 vo.

Baltimore, MD: William Ogden Niles, 1822. 1st printing; 3/4 brown leather w/marbled boards; wear at spine & tips, wrinkled end papers; 495 pages, ex-library and rebound, little foxing on title-page otherwise very good. Howes N154, Sabin 55312. Documents are arranged by state. Includes Orations on the Boston Massacre. Virginia for example has 37 documents published. Additional documents are from… Read more about this item

Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University, 1908. First Edition, First Printing; brown c w/rubbing at spine/tips;lite sunning of covers; 295 pages; Top edge gilt; in mylar protective wraps. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Frontis. 8 Vo; 2.5 Pounds.

Boston, MA: Estes and Lauriat, 1883. First Edition, First Printing; 424 pages; black cloth w/lite shelf rubbing; in mylar protective wraps. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Fully Illustrated, Many Tipped-in Colored Plates--photos By Helga Schmidt-Glassner. 8 Vo; 2.5 Pounds.

London: R. And J. Dodsley, 1760. Third Edition with Improvements; pp. [8], xii, 324; xii, 308; sans frontispiece maps; 1/2 brown leather rebacked spine in cloth, lite wear at extremities...Howes B974- "Best contemporary account. Actually written by William Burke, but usually ascribed to his more famous kinsman who gave substantial help".. 3rd. Leatherbound. Collectible Very Good/No Jacket. 12 vo.

New Haven, Connecticut: Nathan Whiting, 1834. Sixth Edition, Revised; full brown leather; moderate wear at edges; 1" chip from top spine; marbled end papers; light foxing, but tight & bright still; 464 clean, unmarked pages+biography of author. 6th. Leather Binding. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. Illus. by Steel Engravings. 8 Vo; 2 Pounds.

Albany, NY: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1857. Lamb was born in New York in Jan. 1735, before the Revolution he was a wine merchant, after being an optican like his father. He was attached to General Montgomery's detachment during Arnold's attack of Quebec and served under Arnold after Montgomery was killed Second edition. 8vo. Frontis. portrait. 4 Lithographic maps. x, 431… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA: Campion & Company, 1904. First Edition, First Printing; maroon cloth; rubbing at spine/tips, Top edge gilt; (16), 303 pages, frontis, folding map, illustrations. Born in Scotland, Smith emigrated to Pennsylvania. He was a member of the Committee of Correspondence in 1775, served in the Revolutionary War as a deputy colonel, was a delegate to the State… Read more about this item

London: J. Dodsley & T. Cadell, 1778. 111pp, hand-tied paper wraps sans half-title page. The fifth edition, adding, for the first time, pages 103-111 consisting of the 1778 Franklin letter. All editions, plus one in Dublin, were printed in 1778. Sabin quotes contemporary reviewers: Pulteney "appears to have written on purpose to prepare our minds for a plan of… Read more about this item

NY: A.S. Barnes & Company, 1880. includes American Revolution; Rare; J. Watts De Peysrer (The Affair at King's Mountain); John Austen Stevens (The Southern Campaign, 1780 Gates at Camden0; William J. Cumming (French Hill and the Traditin of the French in Northern Westchester, Massachusetts); John Austin Stevensw (The St. Memn Portraits 0 R. M. Potter (The Case of Oscecola), Etc,… Read more about this item

Dublin, Ireland: Printed for Messrs. P. Wogan, P. Byrne, J. Moore, and W. Jones, 1794. First Edition, 1st Printing; full brown leather; rear boards of volume 1 are detached; some wear at corner tips; ownr's names and plate; Stedman's History is generally considered the best contemporary account of the American Revolution written from the British side. As some authorities give… Read more about this item

NY: Longmans, Green & Co., 1912. First Edition, First Printing; red cloth w/shelf rubbing, ownr's plate & lite tanning of epprs; 311 clean, unmarked pages; in mylar protective wraps. Sharpe crossed the Atlantic during the summer of 1753 to take over the governership of Maryland under the sixth and last Lord Baltimore. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Illus. by 19… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin, 1891. First Edition, First Printing; dark green cloth w/gilt lettering; owner's name; 211 clean, unmarked pages; in mylar protective wraps. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8 Vo; 2 Pounds.

London: J. Almon, 1775. brown calf w/green boards, moderate wear at spine/tips, some rubbing; lite and scattered froxing; 257pages+ index; an annual publication printed in London...Contains many official reports and letters about Colonial matters, and the Revolutionary War, and a fold-out map of Boston, drawn in June, 1775-- a valuable source and extremely scarce. 3rd. 3/4 Leather. Collectible Very… Read more about this item

Philadelphia, PA: Jones, Hoff, & Derrick, 1793. full brown leather with moderate wear at extremities; front flylaf and half title page missing, 226 pages;. 1st. Leatherbound. Collectible Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 12 vo; 1/2 Pound.

Baltimore, MD: N. Hickman, 1839. First Edition, Thus; "with additions adapting it more particularly to the use of schools"...spine has been refaced with green buckram, boards are marbled; some wear at tips, 372 pages + questions section; an old light dampstain on rear end papers; owner's name...in mylar protective wraps. 1st. Leather Binding. Very Good/No Jacket. 12 vo; 1.5 Pouinds.… Read more about this item

Boston, MA: Charles Fox, 1847. brown c w/gilt decs/lettering; lite wear at spine/tips; in mylar protective wraps; Originally apprenticed to a barber, Fox became a soldier in the militia (as a substitute for his employer), was discharged, and later signed aboard a 20-gun ship, the Protector, used to protect American shipping and to annoy the British. In his second cruise,… Read more about this item