The Life and Heroic Exploits Of Israel Putnam, Major-General In the Revolutionary War

1853 Israel Putnam American Revolutionary War David Humphreys Bio Illustrated 'Life and Heroic Exploits of Israel Putnam' is David Humphreys' celebrated and lasting biography of Revolutionary War General Israel Putnam. A useful source of firsthand anecdotes regarding Putnam's wartime exploits. Humphreys "had a natural talent for military science, and there are few… Read more about this item

New York: Ezra Strong, 1835. Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 32mo - over 4 - 5" tall. Quarter contemporary calf, unlettered spine with gilt rules, grey paper boards. 190 pp. Illustrated with plates, from original designs. Spine tilted. Boards worn. Foxed to interior. Israel Putnam, nicknamed "Old Put," served with distinction in the Battle of Bunker Hill. Colonel David Humphreys… Read more about this item

New York: Ezra Stron, 1834. 190pp. plus frontispiece. Original calf spine and printed boards. Boards rubbed and soiled, extremities worn; binding quite solid. Minor dampstaining to bottom edge, but generally clean internally. About very good. Later edition of the popular biography, originally published in 1788 under the title, AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE.... Illustrated with several woodcuts. HOWES H794… Read more about this item

Silas Andrus and Son, 1847. Hardcover. Fair/No Jacket. Fair ; No jacket. 1847 Silas Andrus and Son, Hartford Connecticut. NOT ex-library. Hardcover has brown cloth-covered boards with gold spine lettering gold stamped floral spine decorations. Covers have blind-stamped ruled borders and a central curvilinear decorations. Black and white frontispiece. Black and white illustrations. Binding loosening, but intact. Corners… Read more about this item

S. Andrus. Used - Acceptable. Acceptable condition. About half of spine cover missing. Front board detached. Gifter's inscription on front free endpage. Binding cracked in several places. Upper page edges dampstained. (biography)

New York; Ezra Strong. Used - Good. New York: Ezra Strong, 1835. Early printing. 24mo. 190pp. Illus. Good book. Bookplate inside. Gifter's inscription on front free endpage. Owner's name on front and rear endpages. (Battle of Bunker Hill, military history, New England, biography) Inquire if you need further information.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.