![MEMOIRS OF THE LIFE AND CAMPAIGNS OF THE HON. NATHANIEL [sic] GREENE. Charles Caldwell](/pictures/thumb/WRCAM20452.jpg?v=1593711397)
Philadelphia. 1819. xxiii,[1],452pp. plus two folding facsimiles. Portrait. Contemporary calf, maroon gilt morocco label. Minor nick at head of spine, small old label on spine. Lightly tanned. Later bookplate on front and rear pastedowns. Very good. Lacks the errata. An engaging biography of Gen. Nathanael Greene, with descriptions of many.....
Philadelphia. 1795. 120pp. Dbd. Contemporary ownership inscription on titlepage. Minor soiling to outer leaves, some light scattered foxing. Very good. A broad attack on Great Britain and all of her policies, by this rabid politician and Republican. The titlepage styles this both "Third edition" and "Part the First" - both.....
Aberdeen: Printed by J. Chalmers and Co., 1778. [2],74pp. Half title. 20th-century plain wrappers. Minor foxing and toning. Very good. "The second edition, with notes and illustrations" following the first of the previous year, also printed in Aberdeen. Campbell, of Aberdeen, a Church of Scotland minister, argues that the rebellion.....
[Atlanta. ca. 1900]. 12pp. Modern three-quarter calf and maroon cloth boards, spine gilt. Minor chipping to wrappers, not affecting text. Mild toning. Modern bookplate to rear pastedown. Very good. A narrative of brothers William and George Capers, soldiers in the Revolutionary War, and scouts for Gen. Francis Marion. The brothers.....
New York. May 15, 1783. [2]pp. Letter with integral blank. Folio. Old fold lines. Minor soiling and wear. Very good. In a half morocco and cloth clamshell box, spine gilt. Brig. Gen. Guy Carleton writes to Brig. Gen. Alured Clarke regarding clemency for deserters from the British Army at the.....
Paris. 1788. Two volumes. xxii,[2],520; [4],536pp., plus folding map. Contemporary three-quarter calf and boards. Some light wear to extremities. Contemporary bookplate on front pastedown. Minor scattered foxing, a few leaves lightly toned. Very good plus. First French edition. These letters from Carli to his cousin, the Marquis de Gravisi, argue.....
Philadelphia. 1856. 448pp. plus two folding maps. Original publishers cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, spine gilt. Minor edge wear and light soiling to cloth. Modern bookplate on rear pastedown, light to moderate foxing, frontispiece folding map detached but present, with one fold separation. Very good. The rare companion volume.....
Greensborough, N.C. 1842. 302pp. and leaf of errata. Contemporary half roan and cloth, spine gilt. Head and foot of spine lightly worn, corners bumped. Later bookplate and ownership inscription on front flyleaf, modern bookplate to rear pastedown. Lightly foxed. Very good. Important for its account of the Regulators in the.....
London: J. Stockdale, 1784. viii,3-157,[1]pp. Modern calf, gilt morocco label on cover. Lacks the half title. Very good. Champion, a ceramist, was manager and partner of Cookworthy & Company, the first British manufacturer of true porcelain. An intimate of Edmund Burke, "[t]his writer particularly recommends the cultivation of a close.....
[Philadelphia]: Hopkins and Earle, 1807-1808. Five volumes. Frontispiece portrait in each volume. Late 19th-century three-quarter calf and marbled boards, gilt leather labels. Bookplate on front pastedown of each volume. Light scattered foxing throughout and on each portrait. A handsome, near fine set. From the library of John G. Floyd (1806-81).....
Charleston: Walker, Evans, & Cogswell Co.:, 1901. 57pp. Modern half red morocco and cloth boards, spine gilt. Original printed wrappers bound in. Bookplate on rear pastedown. Text moderately tanned, otherwise clean. Very good. A revision of the charter and a short history of the Charleston Ancient Artillery Society from 1901.....
London: William Faden, Aug. 10, 1776. Engraving, 12 x 19 1/2 inches. Small old ink stamp on verso. Near fine. A profile view of Sullivan's Island, the main fort guarding the mouth of the Charleston harbor, with a key indicating the main features, ship locations, and gun emplacements. Below the.....
Paris. [ 1801]. [4],viii,458pp. plus advertisement. Half title. Contemporary half calf and boards, vellum tipped corners. Extremities slightly rubbed, unobtrusive library bookplate on front pastedown, additional bookplate. Internally fine. A good French history of the American Revolution, with coverage of the major battles and events, and contrasting the goals and.....
New York. 1828. 416pp. Original half cloth and paper boards, paper label. Boards soiled and stained, label chipping. Head and tail of spine, edges, and corners rubbed. Contemporary ownership signature on front flyleaf. Light dampstaining, foxed. Modern bookplate to rear pastedown. Fair. Later edition, translated from the French, of this.....
Paris, Bruxelles. 1786. 136pp. Modern plain stiff wrappers. Some light foxing. Laid in a folding paper box. Very good. An unauthorized edition. The narrative describes the author's experiences in America in 1780 and 1781. "One of the most notable travel accounts of the Revolutionary period not only because of Chastellux's.....
[Paris]. 1785. 228pp. Contemporary plain wrappers. Wrappers bit chipped at extremities, repaired at head of spine. Internally quite fine, untrimmed. The third issue of this work, preceded by the ultra-rare Newport edition of 1781, and a 1785 issue. The publication of this edition was not approved by the author, who.....
[Paris]. 1785. 191pp. 12mo. Contemporary half morocco and paper boards. Corners rubbed. Internally clean and fresh. Untrimmed. Near fine. The elusive second issue of this work, preceded by the ultra-rare Newport edition of 1781. The publication of this edition was not approved by the author, who was preparing a more.....
Boston: Printed by Kneeland and Adams, 1768. 205,[1]pp. Half title. Modern blue cloth, spine gilt. Light, even tanning. Very good. Inscribed on the half title, almost certainly from Chauncy: "To the Hon. William Smith Jun. Esq. in New York." William Smith, Jr. was a prominent New York lawyer and son.....
Baltimore. 1928. xxv,70pp. plus folding facsimile. Quarto. Half cloth and printed boards, printed paper spine label. Very good, partially unopened, in tattered original glassine. Describes the conditions under which the 1778 treaties of alliance, and amity and commerce, were written and signed. Includes a printing of the treaties in double-column.....
Jackson, Ms. 1880. xxiii,[1],545pp. plus plates and errata. Frontis. Recent half calf and marbled boards. Ownership and gift inscriptions on front endpapers. Occasional foxing. Very good. Good, detailed history of the state and region, with chapters on early exploration and settlement, native Indians, the controversy over West Florida, the influence.....
Chicago: The Lakeside Press R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 1920. [2],xx,190,[4]pp. plus frontispiece portrait and one plate, each with printed tissue guard. 12mo. Dark green cloth, spine gilt, front board gilt-ruled with gilt-stamped publisher's logo center, t.e.g. Minor shelf wear. Ex-library copy with bookplate of Dartmouth College Library and deaccession.....
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1956, 1959. Three volumes. Original cloth, gilt leather label. Fine. In very good dust jackets with slight wear at corners and spine ends. An excellect bibliography covering the period from 1527 to 1860. All three volumes in first editions.
Raleigh; Charlotte, N.C. Commercial Printing Company; Honeycutt Printing Co., 1907. 8; [29]pp. Two issues. Modern three-quarter morocco and cloth boards, spines gilt. Second part with original wrappers. Small bookplates on rear pastedowns. Wrappers slightly creased, with a small tear at foot of rear. Front wrapper with ink ownership and provenance.....
[Savannah. 1913]. 259pp. plus three plates, two folding maps, and six folding tables. Original stiff paper wrappers. Minor soiling, edges wear. Large map with tears at folds. Internally very clean. Uncut and untrimmed. Good. First edition of the letters of Joseph Clay, from the manuscript collection at the Georgia Historical.....
Camp at Dorchester, near Boston. January 5, 1776. [1]p. Old fold lines. Minor soiling. Very good. In a half morocco and cloth clamshell case, spine gilt. A letter written by Rev. Ebenezer Cleaveland from the Continental Army's encampment at Dorchester Heights, outside of Boston, requesting that Gen. John Thomas allow.....
