Act, 1766. 8vo, unbound, pp. 50. (London: J. Almon) 1767. $10.00 Very rare. Probably no contemporary pamphlet on the Stamp Act exceeds it in interest. 359 Franklin. The Interest of Great Britain Considered, with Regard to her Colonies, and the Acquisitions of Canada and Guadaloupe. To which are added, Observations concerning the increase of mankind, peopling of countries, etc. 8vo, unbound, pp. 58. London, 1760. $2.50 The authorship of this rare tract is asscribed to Benjamin Franklin. 360 Franklin. Political Miscellanies and Philosophical Pieces. Portrait and plates. 8vo, calf (cracked), pp. 574. London, 1779. $3.00 Includes American Politics before and during the Revolution. 361 Frisbie, Levi. An Oration delivered at Ipswich, April, 1783, on account of the Happy Restoration of Peace between Great-Britain and the United States of America. 4to, half morocco, gilt top, uncut. With the half-title. Pp. 24. Boston: E. Russell, near Liberty-Pole, 1783. $7.50 362 Galloway, Joseph. A Reply to the Observations of Sir William Howe on "Letters to a Nobleman," in which his Misrepresentations are Detected, with Appendix containing a Letter of the State of the Rebel Army at Valley Forge, found among the Papers of Henry Laurens. 8vo, half calf, uncut, blue paper wrappers preserved. London, 1780. $15.00 A fine uncut copy of this important pamphlet. It was reprinted in Phila. under the title of "A Short History of the War in America under Sir William Howe." 363 Garden, Alex. Anecdotes of the Revolutionary War. 8vo, half calf (rubbed), pp. 459. Charleston, 1822. $10.00 Binding a little worn, but good clean copy inside. 364 Graham, Genl. Memoir of, with Notices of the Campaigns in which he was engaged, 1779-1801. Edited by his Son. Portrait and maps. 12mo, cloth, uncut, pp. 318. Edinburgh, 1862. $5.00 Very scarce. Only a few copies were printed for the family. Contains a graphic account of the romantic and tragic incidents connected with Capt. Charles Asgill. 365 Griswold, R. W. The Republican Court, or American Society in the Days of Washington. 25 fine steel portraits, including Mrs. Washington, Madison, Jay, Beekman, Otis, Charles Carroll, etc. 4to, full morocco. New York, 1865. $5.00 The Holden copy, with bookplate engraved by E. D. French. Levi Frisbie was a missionary to the Delaware Indians, appointed by Eleazar Wheelock, until the outbreak of the Revolution, when he was made minister of the 1st Congregational Church at Ipswich. Garden, Alexander. Anecdotes of the American Revolution, illustrative of the Talents and Virtues of the Heroes of the Revolution who acted the most conspicuous parts therein. 3 vols., 4to, half green morocco, gilt tops. Brooklyn, 1865. $32.50 Privately reprinted by Thomas W. Field and limited to 150 copies. The best edition of this scarce book containing additional material by the editor. EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED with about 50 portraits, etc., including India Proofs, and all fine impressions or scarce. Among them is W. H. Drayton, by B. B. E(llis); Col. Tarleton, private portrait; Wm. Moultrie, Benedict Arnold, Major Andre, Marquis Cornwallis, Washington, Paul Jones, Gates, Arthur Middleton, Jefferson, Lafayette, Red Jacket, etc. Garden, Alexander. Anecdotes of the Revolutionary War. Both Series. 2 vols., new boards, cloth backs, uncut. Charleston 1822-28. $35.00 In the finest possible condition. An exceptional copy in every way. New York, Privately Printed, 1864. $3.50 Printed from the original manuscript with extensive notes, covering 160 pages, relating to the Prison Ships and Prisoners, Early Naval Commanders, etc. This is one of the best volumes on the subject. The illustrations include views, plans and portraits, all from private plates. 370 Heath, Gen. William. Memoirs, by Himself. New edition with Illustrations and Notes by William Abbatt. To which is added accounts of the Battle of Bunker Hill by Generals Dearborn, Lee and Wilkinson. Portraits. 8vo, cloth, pp. 405. New York, 1901. $2.50 No. 256 of 500 copies printed. 371 Henry, John J. An Accurate and Interesting Account of the Hardships and Sufferings of that Band of Heroes who traversed the Wilderness in the Campaign against Quebec in 1775. 16mo, old calf (broken), pp. 225. Lancaster, 1812. $4.00 372 Henshaw, Col. William. The Orderly Book of. April 20th to Sept. 26th, 1775, with Memoir, Notes and Additions. Illustrated. 8vo, cloth, pp. 167. Boston, 1881. $3.00 373 Houck, Ross. American Military Biography, containing Lives and Characters of the Officers of the Revolution. Curious copper-plates, engraved by Woodruff. 8vo, calf, pp. 615. Cincinnati, 1830. $8.00 A good copy of this very scarce book. 369 Hawkins, Christopher. The Adventures of. Details of his Captivity, suffering and escape from the Jersey Prison Ship, with Introduction and Notes by Charles I. Bushnell. Plates of the Jersey Prison Ship, portraits, etc. 8vo, boards, uncut, pp. 316. Hill, James. The Trial at Large of James Hill; otherwise James Hind; otherwise James Actzen, for setting fire to the Rope-House in His Majesty's Dock-Yard at Portsmouth. Tried Thursday, March 6, 1777. Taken in shorthand by Joseph Gurney and published by permission of the Judges. Rare contemporary portrait of "John the Painter" in chains, inserted. Folio, half dark green morocco. London, n. d. (1777). $25.00 Very rare. Hill or Aitken was a native of Scotland. With the privity of Silas Deane, whom he met in Paris, he attempted to destroy shipping and stores at Portsmouth where the chief materials to be used against America were housed. From Deane he was supplied with a royal passport and a sum of money in advance. The council for the Crown on the trial publicly accused Benjamin Franklin and Silas Deane of complicity in the enterprise. The affair created much apprehension and suspicion throughout England. Stevens says "John the Painter was an American, who fought in the Revolutionary War and wished to do a daring deed for his country." Hillard, D'Auberteuil. Essais Historiques et Politiques sur les AngloAmericains. Finely engraved portraits of Washington, Franklin, John Hancock, William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, View of the First Congress in Assembly, the Burning of New York City, Funeral of Gen. Warren, Troops Carrying the Body of Gen. Montgomery, together with numerous maps and plans, including a plan of the Battle of Monmouth, not mentioned in the list of plates. 2 vols., 8vo, original calf, red edges. Brussels, 1782. $30.00 Two editions of the work were published the same year, 8vo and 4to; the plates in the 4to edition have a border. It is only necessary to compare the plates in the two works to be certain that the 8vo was the first one issued and contains much brighter and sharper impressions of the beautiful engravings. Hubley, Bernard. The History of the American Revolution, including the Most Important Events and Resolutions of the Continental Congress, also the most Interesting Letters and Orders of His Excellency, Gen. George Washington. Vol. 1. (All published.) 8vo, new crimson full levant morocco, gilt top, uncut, by Riviere. Northumberland, Pa., 1805. $75.00 A very fine uncut copy of this rare and important history; it is perfect, having the eight extra pages after page 192 and the leaf of Errata. On 250 copies reprinted, with additions from the unique original issued in 1809. A valuable biography, only obtainable in this form. 375 Jersey Prison Ship. Recollections of the Jersey Prison Ship prepared from the Original Manuscript of Capt. Thomas Dring, one of the Prisoners, by Albert G. Greene. Folding plate. Providence, 1829; The Old Jersey Captive, or or Narrative of Thomas Andros on the Old Jersey Prison Ship, 1781. Boston, 1833. 2 vols. uniformly bound in full polished calf, gilt, gilt edges. $35.00 Fine copies. The first is a very scarce book and was reprinted by Henry B. Dawson in 1865. 376 Johnson, Joseph. Traditions and Reminiscences, chiefly of the American Revolution in the South. Maps. 8vo, cloth, pp. 592. Charleston, 1851. $20.00 Contains much material not accessible elsewhere. Sabin says in Menzies Catalogue, "We know of no book of recent date so difficult to obtain." Fine, clean copy with letter from the author to Benson J. Lossing, inserted. The 377 Jones, Charles C., Jr. Siege of Savannah in 1779 as described in two Contemporaneous Journals of French Officers in the Fleet of Count d'Estaing. Large folding chart. 4to, half calf. Albany, 1874. $5.00 Only a few copies printed from manuscript in possession of J. Carson Brevoort. Correspondence of, including his Nar- 379 Jones, John Paul. The Life and Adventures of Paul Jones. 8vo, unbound, pp. 64. New York, 1848. $1.50 380 Jones, John Paul. Commodore au Service des Etats-Unis de l'Amerique (and six lines of script). Three-quarter length portrait, standing, brandishing sword in right hand, belt filled with pistols, naval combat in background. Circle in rectangle. No engraver's name or imprint. ter the design of J. Notté.) 41⁄2 in. (Af61⁄2 x $3.50 381 Jones, John Paul. Attaque une flotte Anglaise commandée par Pearson revenant de la Baltique. Lithograph. Dessiné et Lith. par Ferd. $7.50 Perrot. 114 x 16% in. Fine French lithograph of this famous action. 382 Jones, John Paul. Lincoln, Lincoln, Chas. H. A Calendar of John Paul Jones. Manuscripts in the Library of Congress. Portrait. 8vo, cloth, pp. 316. Washington, 1903. $1.25 383 Knox, Genl. Henry. Life and Correspondence. (Siege of Boston, Valley Forge Privations, Boston Massacre, etc.) By Francis S. Drake. Fine steel portrait and view of house. 8vo, cloth, pp. 160. Boston, 1873. $5.00 Scarce. Only 300 copies printed. 384 Lafayette. Adams, John Quincy. Oration on the Life and Character of Lafayette, delivered Dec. 31st, 1834. 8vo, paper, uncut, pp. 94. Washington, 1835. $0.75 385 Lafayette. Lewis, Charlton T. Lafayette at Brandywine. Containing proceedings at the dedication of the Memorial Shaft dedicated to mark the place where Lafayette was wounded in the Battle of Brandywine. Map and illustrations. 8vo, cloth, pp. 102. West Chester, Pa., 1896. $1.50 386 Lafayette. Outlines of the Principal Events in the Life of Genl. Lafayette. 8vo, paper, uncut, pp. 64. Boston, 1825. $1.50 387 Lafayette. Full length portrait, standing, hat and stick in right hand. Painted by A. Scheffer, Paris. Engraved by M. I. Danforth, N. Y., 1825. 211⁄2 x 145% in. $5.00 388 Laurens, Col. John. The Army Correspondence of Col. John Laurens in the years 1777-8, now first printed from original letters to his father Henry Laurens, with Memoir by W. Gilmore Simms. Portrait. 8vo, half morocco, pp. 250. New York, 1867. $7.50 Privately printed for the Bradford Club, only 75 copies issued, this being No. 4. 389 Lee, Charles. Moore, Geo. H. The Treason of Charles Lee, Major General, Second in Command in the American Army of the Revolution. 2 portraits and folding facsimiles. 8vo, cloth. New York, 1860. $3.50 3891⁄2 Leggett, Major Abraham. The Narrative of, of the Army of the Revolution. Now first published from the Original Manuscript. Introduction and Notes by Chas. I. Bushnell. Portrait and illustrations. 8vo, cloth, uncut, pp. 72. New York, $3.50 Privately Printed, 1865. Lossing, Benson J. The Pictorial Field-Book of the American Revolution; or, Illustrations by Pen and Pencil of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics and Traditions of the War of Independence. 1100 woodcuts. 2 vols., 8vo, in the original parts, uncut. New York, 1851-52. $20.00 First edition and rare in this condition. Written from personal observations of the localities described. The illustrations are from actual sketches by the author and the text is replete with anecdotes derived from conversations with veterans or embodying local traditions. A stimulating and useful work that preserves a mass of material that otherwise would have been lost. Only 100 copies printed. 393 Ludwick. An Account of the Life and Character of Christopher Ludwick, Baker-General of the Army of the U. S. during the Revolutionary War. By Benjamin Rush. 12mo, half leather, pp. 61. Phila., 1831. $2.50 394 Maine. Society Sons of the Am. Rev. with Roll giving Ancestors and their Services. Portraits. 8vo, paper, uncut, pp. 185. Portland, 1897. $1.00 395 Marion. Horry, Gen. P., and Weems, M. L. Life of Gen. Francis Marion. Fifth edition. Six copperplates. 12mo, sheep (upper margins of two leaves torn off). Phila., 1818. $1.50 cloth, uncut, pp. 57. New York, Pri- 396 Minthorne, Capt. Mangle. Reply to Resolutions and Address of a meeting convened at Martlings, in the City of New York con taining the Proceedings of the Com- 397 Montgomery, General Rich- From the Holden Collection. 398 Moody, James. Narrative of, with the Author's last Corrections and Introduction and Notes by Charles I. Bushnell. Portraits. 8vo, unbound, pp. 98. New York, Privately Printed, 1865. $3.50 399 Moore, Frank. Patriot Preachers of the American Revolution, 1766-83. 12mo, cloth, pp. 368. Printed for the Subscribers, 1860. $1.50 A reprint of a series of rare historical sermons with biographical sketches. 3991⁄2 Morris, Margaret. Private Journal kept during a portion of the Revolutionary War. (Edited by John J. Smith, Jr.) 4to, cloth, uncut, pp. 36. pp. 36. New York, 1865. $10.00 Fifty copies reprinted from the edition of 1836, by John G. Shea. 3951⁄2 Meigs, Maj. Return J. Journal of the Expedition against Quebec under Arnold in 1775. Notes by Chas. I. Bushnell. Portrait. 8vo, Marion, Genl. Francis. A Sketch of the Life of Brig.-Genl. Francis Marion, and a History of his Brigade, from its Rise in 1780, until Disbanded in December, 1782, with Descriptions of Characters and Scenes not heretofore published. Containing Appendix of Letters principally from Genl. Greene to Genl. Marion, by William Dobein James. 8vo, boards, uncut. Charleston, Gould & Riley, 1821. $100.00 A very fine copy of this scarce book, and excessively rare in uncut condition. This has always been one of the rarest of all Revolutionary books. This is the cleanest copy I have ever seen, as, owing to the softness of the paper, it is always badly foxed; the above is a little brown from age, but I believe it to be the finest copy in existence. |