Boston: Benjamin Edes and sons, Feb. 3, 1783. 4pp. Folio. Old fold lines. Minor foxing and soiling. Very good plus. THE BOSTON GAZETTE, published weekly, was established in 1719 as a competitor to the BOSTON NEWS-LETTER and ran for nearly a century (1719-1798). From April 1756 to December 1793 it...
Paris. Feb. 23, 1783. 3pp. Quarto. Later marbled wrappers. Minor toning. Near fine. Decree from the King of France concerning payment of bills of exchange issued for naval service during the American Revolution.
[Boston: Benjamin Edes, ca. Jan. 28, 1777]. Broadside, 13 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches. Expertly repaired separation along upper horizontal fold, short fold separation to left side of middle horizontal fold, moderate marginal dampstaining. About very good. Untrimmed, docketed on verso. A rare recruitment broadside attempting to entice Massachusetts recruits...
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[Providence]: Printed by Southwick and Wheeler, 1779. [2]pp. Quarto broadsheet, printed in two columns. Minor wear and soiling. Very good. This extra, issued the day after the first issue of this newspaper, has intelligence extracted from "Yesterday's Boston Paper" containing news from Pennsylvania that 14,000 freemen "have expressed, by petition...
London. 1774. [2],255-256pp. Folio. Old fold lines, stab holes in left margin. Very good. Official British Act continuing a previous law for punishing mutiny and desertion among British forces stationed in North America. Only a handful of copies recorded in ESTC.
Cambridge, Ma. John Wilson and Son, 1889. 167pp. Original printed wrappers. Covers slightly soiled, internally clean and fresh. A very good copy. A fine compilation of brief biographies of the generals of the Continental Army, "printed for sale at Mount Vernon."
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[London or Augsburg. 1775-1778]. Eight mezzotints. Each uniformly matted. In a black half morocco box. Public curiosity for prints of Revolutionary heroes was not limited to America but spread to the English and European print shops, where an inquisitive audience clamored for a glimpse of the key figures of the...
London: Richardson and Urquhart, 1780. 190pp. Modern three quarter calf and marbled paper boards, gilt leather label. Occasional light soiling. Very good. The third edition, expanded from two earlier editions of 1779 under the title, A VIEW OF THE EVIDENCE RELATIVE TO THE CONDUCT OF THE AMERICAN WAR.... This edition...
Paris: P.G. Simon, 1779. 8pp. Quarto. 20th-century marbled wrappers. Minor wear to wrappers. Minor foxing in text. Very good. In a red morocco and cloth folder. Scarce account of French motivations for joining with the rebellious American colonies and going to war against Great Britain during the American Revolution, published...
London. 1781. 24pp. Small quarto. Dbd. Call number i ink on titlepage, else clean. Very good. Anglican prayer which includes exhortations against the American Revolution: "And grant unto them, O Lord, they powerful aid in opposing the violence of their rebellious fellow-subjects, who openly renounce their obedience to our Sovereign...
London. [ 1783]. [2],72,116pp. Lacks half title. Modern paper boards, printed paper label. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Minor soiling and foxing. Very good. In a half morocco and cloth folder. Second edition, after the first of the same year, of the debates in Parliament on the terms of the...
New York: the Grolier Club, 1926. 12,[2]pp. plus [30]pp. of facsimiles. Original cloth backed boards. Very good. Nicely printed facsimiles of this excessively rare publication from the Revolution.
Boston: Re-printed by Thomas and John Fleet, 1780. Two volumes (of three), in original unbound gatherings, with original binder's stab holes in gutter, stitched, untrimmed. 88 (of 90); 381,[1],34pp. (lacking many leaves, as described below). Also with an extra variant copy of the first gathering (80pp.) only of the second...
[Np. ca. 1875]. [1]p. printed on a half quarto sheet, 4 x 6 1/2 inches. Fine. An accomplished late 19th-century facsimile printing of the first oath of allegiance to the United States, administered at the outset of the American Revolution. The original was printed by John Dunlap in Philadelphia, 1776...
Bouillon, [Belgium]. [ 1780]. 84pp. 12mo. Later plain wrappers. Small ink stamp in upper margin of titlepage. Titlepage a bit soiled. Very good. In an octavo-sized half morocco and cloth folding case, spine gilt. A single issue of this Belgian periodical, containing recent news on the American Revolution. This is...
Philadelphia: Printed by John Dunlap, 1782. [2],698pp. plus errata. Folio. Modern reddish-brown morocco, blind tooled, spine gilt. Manuscript ink ownership inscriptions on front endpaper rectos. Two page manuscript letter plus genealogical chart tipped onto front endpaper recto. Scattered pencil and ink annotations. Initial leaves rather chipped, some scattered marginal tears...
London: J. Walter, 1774. [2],47pp. Modern paper boards, printed paper label. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Light foxing. About very good. In a tan half morocco and cloth folder. A British political pamphlet championing the supremacy of Parliament. Asserting the inextricable bond between Great Britain and her colonies, the author...
London: J. Debrett, 1783. [2],40,[2]pp. Modern half roan and marbled boards, spine gilt. Extremities very lightly rubbed. Modern bookplate on front pastedown. Some minor soiling. Very good. Third edition, after the first two of the same year. A scathing letter to the Earl of Shelburne, then Prime Minister, on the...
Paris. 1780. 2pp. Quarto, on a folded folio sheet. Fine. This pronouncement on American privateers was issued by the king in August, 1780. Both American and French privateers were heavily engaged in the Revolution; this act seeks to ensure the distribution of prizes is equitable. Not in Wroth, ACTS OF...
[Lisbon. Dec. 8, 1778]. [4]pp. Self-wrappers. Light foxing, minor edge wear. Very good. An interesting issue of this long-running Portuguese newspaper, containing information relevant to the progress of the Revolutionary War. Included is word of Admiral Byron's capture of the French ship, Valor, en route to Boston to reinforce D'Estaing's...
Aix: Joseph David, 1783. 3pp. Quarto. Later marbled paper wrappers. Moderate edge wear, slight browning to edges. Very good. Regional printing at Aix of the official proclamation of peace between France and Great Britain, originally printed by the Imprimerie Royale. This version contains an additional paragraph of official authorization for...
Paris: P.G. Simon & N.H. Nyon, 1783. 4pp. Quarto. Modern marbled boards. Slight browning, else very good. City of Paris edition of the official proclamation of peace between France and Great Britain, ending the war in the American colonies, and originally printed by the Imprimerie Royale. This Parisian reprint, in.....
Paris: d'Imprimerie Royale, 1780. 15pp. Quarto. Dbd. Minor toning. Near fine. The regulations for Rochambeau's forces in America, issued at Versailles on March 20, 1780. The destination of the expedition outlined in the regulations is never stated, since the French sought to give the impression it was bound for the...
London. 1776. [2],136pp. Dbd., with remnants of original spine present. Some light soiling and foxing. Good. In a blue half morocco and cloth folder. Volume IV of Almon's PARLIAMENTARY REGISTER, published by him from 1775 to 1780. This volume contains important political information regarding the American Revolution, including a motion...
Paris: L'Imprimerie Royale, 1778. 8pp. Quarto. Light dampstaining to lower corner; minor foxing. Very good. Describes the agreement between the United States and France by which American privateers can bring their prizes into French ports and the French can enter American ports. Agreed to on Sept. 27, 1778, this was...
