Revolutionary War (221 results)

Paperback. Condition: Good. covers have minor wear, corners lightly bumped, binding tight, scattered notes, quarterly publication, pages 245 through 360, articles in this issue include Robert, William and Thomas Hicks of Flushing Long Island NY and Granville County, part 2 of the reports of Committees to Public Claims and part 25 of divorces and separation petitions Size: 6 x 9.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. First Edition. 32 pp., 26 cm.: Top fore-edge corner creased, one name written along top of front-wrap. Well packaged in a box, ships with tracking.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. Caption title. 8vo. 5pp. Disbound. Stained. Toned. good. Concerning bounty lands, located in ceded territory northwest of the Ohio River, promised to Revolutionary soldiers by the commonwealth of Virginia. Shaw & Shoemaker, 39401.

Soft cover. Condition: Good. 192 pages. Fred Halliday "Marxist Analysis and Post-revolutionary China" / Ernest Mandel "Revolutionary Strategy in Europe - a political interview" / Jean-Paul Sartre "Socialism in One Country" / Raymond Williams "Post-war British Marxism" / Perry Anderson "The Antinomies of Antonio Gramsci".

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 354 pages. 9.61x6.69x0.80 inches. In Stock.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 5 pages, 1 portrait of Benedict Arnold. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 18 x 25 cms. Category: Harper's Monthly Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 24 pages, illustrated, 1 plate. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Supplied without title page or cover. Size: 18 x 25 cms. Category: Harper's Monthly Magazine; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Condition: New.

No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Folio. Broadsides. [1]pp. Caption title. Disbound. H.R. 867 with penmanship practice in a contemporary hand to lower blank margin. Some minor foxing. Very good. These include H.R.: 867, 868, 875, 898 and 957. For the benefit of: Eli Eastman, Sarah Pemberton (John), Isaac Austin, Samuel Edgcomb and Catharine Rollins or Mosely.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 59 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 20 cms. Category: Annual Register; Printed before 1800; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Original black boards have some small tear, chips and flaking at spine ends. Pages of text are clean, bright and free of markings. Binding is tight and secure. ***Ships today or next business day. Our books are carefully described and packaged in boxes (not envelopes). A gift card and personalized message can be included upon request.***.

On a 1.75 x 4.25 cm rectangle of laid paper cut from letter. In fair condition, lightly aged, with paper from mount on reverse. A neat, firm signature, reading 'Roger Curtis'.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condition: Very Good. 105 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 13 x 20 cms. Category: Annual Register; Printed before 1800; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.

13 x 8 inches. Light creasing; short split along one fold. The decedent was a private drummer. Signed (with her mark) by the widow, with wax seal and a Justice of the Peace.

Condition: fine. ~~ The Journal of Lieutenant John Charles Philip von Krafft, 1776-1784 & the Letter-book of Captain Alexander McDonald, 1775-1779. Includes index. Accounts of the Revolutionary War by officer's serving with the British Army. ~ Gephart V2: 13194. The author, after attempting to obtain an appointment in the American army, entered the British army, serving in two Hessian regiments from 1778 to 1783. & Gephart 13912. Letter-book of Captain Alexander McDonald, of the Royal Highland Emigrants, 1775-1799. Pp203-498. tall8vo., 23cm, first edition, xii,515p., with 6 lithographed sketch maps, (3 folded) in Krafft part, in the original green pebbled cloth, gilt spine title and borders with gilt shamrock decoration, a fine bright copy.

Tall 8vo. [8], 424 pp. Title in red & black, colour frontisp., maps, photos. Full red leather, illustrated w/ portraits of Washington & Arnold in gilt front & back covers, raised bands & decorated gilt spine, silk moire endpapers, a.e.g., a NF copy, w/ Easton Press Collector's Notes laid-in, from the library of Robert A. Taylor, w/ bookplate on front pastedown. First Easton Press Collector's Edition of this informative work examining the personalities and impact of George Washington & Benedict Arnold on the American Revolution, and American History. Issued as part of Easton's "Military History" series.

No Binding. Condition: Good. One sheet of chain-laid paper, folded into four pages, with a partially printed form on the first three pages and handwritten entries and responses. Tape to old folds. Presented on June 24, 1820. William Curtis, age 63, swears that he is a veteran who fought in the Revolutionary War and petitions to continue receiving his pension. According to his statement, "I entered in as a soldier in Capt. Edward Hull's Company, 5th Regiment of the Virginia line on the Continental establishment commanded by Colonel Daniel Morgan at Northumberland County in Virginia int he month of August 1777 during the war, after which I was commanded by Capt. Samuel Booker in the spring of 1780. I was at the taking of Stony Point under General Wayne after which I was at the siege of Charlestown 1780 under General Lincoln in which siege I was captured." Curtis is illiterate and signs with his mark, witnessed by the clerk, Benjamin Ferris. Seal of the Court on page 3 and the deposition is attested and signed by the clerk as well. The recorder, Peter A. Jay, is the oldest son of Founding Father John Jay.

Hardcover book. Previous owner signature of Elisha Shaw. This could be Elisha Shaw, 6 Mar 1758 - 6 Aug 1839, son of Elisha Shaw Sr and Susannah Clark, who relocated to Bath Maine in 1761. He is buried in Union Cemetery, Leeds, Maine. According to Find a Grave, Susannah was "famed for shooting a bear, as it was carrying off one of the family's sheep." Also from FaG - "Elisha was a sergeant in Capt. Benjamin Lemont's co., Col. John Allen's regt. He enlisted Oct. 2, 1777 and was discharged Dec. 31, 1777; service, 3 mos. 10 days, including 12 days (240 miles) travel home. The regiment was raised for defense of Machias. He was also an ensign in Capt. Jordan Parker's co., Col. Samuel McCobb's regt. He enlisted May 15, 1781 and was discharged Dec. 1, 1781; service, 6 mos. 15 days. Elisha was married to Lucy Lombard." Light scattered foxing, period full leather worn with front board detached. The first couple pages are the Courts in Connecticut and Rhode Island. Includes extensive lists of government officials, educational and religious institutions, postal rates, duties, laws, etc. Drake 3613; Evans 35487. 12mo, (20) 172pp. First 20 pages of the months of the year, etc. are interleaved with blank pages, presumably for notes.

Hardcover. 1st edition. x, 305 p.; 18 cm. (Evans 36455) Good rubbed sheep, - ffep, pages toned. Lib bookplate.

Dated Eagle Pass, Texas, November 14, 1916. From Fred Hetzel of the 14th U.S. Cavalry to his friend George Allen of Minneapolis, keeping in touch, describing his recent army life. "I like the Cavalry fine, George, and have advanced very well. I am taking an exam for a non-commissioned officer.you have heard about the trouble I suppose.I ride 120 miles every 5 days along the river from one ranch to another keeping a lookout for smugglers and cattle rustlers. I have been in a few scrapes along the line and was shot in the knee last May but have since recovered. The country hare is very wild, you don't see a ranch but about once in every 30 miles of hard travel.I have shot plenty of game such as deer - duck - antelope and never run out of chow.the weather here is fine, it never rains and we never wear an overcoat.I remain as ever Pvt. Fred Hetzel, Troop G, 14th U.S. Cav. Eagle Pass, Texas. Two conjugate leaves, 4 pages, folded for mailing. With the original mailing envelope - on the back is printed "Troop G, 14th U.S. Cavalry". The letter in Very Good condition; the envelope a bit soiled, a patch of off-setting on the front from some paper laid on, the postmark complete. Both the letter and envelope written in pencil.

Sheets. Condition: Very Good. In-folio. Four-page newspaper, somewhat stained and worn, but intact and quite legible. It contains various bits of news from that time, but most importantly, excerpts of the September 30, 1780 London Gazette with news from Sir Henry Clinton and Lieutenant General Earl Cornwallis of the progress of the American Revolutionary War and General Washington's troop movements in New York State. "Letter from Sir Clinton to Lord George Germain, dated New York, August 14th 1780; "Letter from Sir Clinton to Lord George Germain, dated Long Island, August 20th 1780; "Letter from Lt. General Earl Cornwallis to Sir Henry Clinton, dated South Carolina, June 30th, 1780; "Letter from Lt. General Earl Cornwallis to Sir Henry Clinton, dated South Carolina, July 14th, 1780; "Letter from Lt. General Earl Cornwallis to Sir Henry Clinton, dated South Carolina, July 15th, 1780; "Letter from Lt. General Earl Cornwallis to Sir Henry Clinton, dated South Carolina, August 6th, 1780; "News from ships Blonde & Galatea in New York; "News from French troops in Rhode Island. A total of more than 3 columns of reporting on the American Revolutionary War in 1780. The Morning Post was a conservative daily newspaper published in London from 1772 to 1937. General Sir Henry Clinton (1730-1795) was a British army officer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1772 and 1795. He is best known for his service as a general during the American War of Independence. First arriving in Boston in May 1775, from 1778 to 1782 he was the British Commander-in-Chief in North America. Lt. General Earl Cornwallis (1738-1805) joined the army in 1757, seeing action in the Seven Years' War. He saw military action in 1776 in the American War of Independence. Active in the advance forces of many campaigns, in 1780 he inflicted an embarrassing defeat on the American army at the Battle of Camden. Cornwallis surrendered his army at Yorktown in October 1781 after an extended campaign through the Southern states, marked by disagreements between him and his superior, General Sir Henry Clinton. Lord George Germain, (1716-1785) was a British soldier and politician who was Secretary of State for America during the American War of Independence.

3pp, 12mo. Bifolium. In fair condition, lightly aged and worn, with traces of mount, and red wax seal, adhering to the reverse of the second leaf, which is franked (the franker's name and signature illegible) to 'Sir John Phippart [sic] | &c &c | No 8 New Burlington St'. Slight loss to one corner of second leaf, from breaking open of seal, with damage to one word of text. The recipient is the naval writer John Philippart (c.1784-1874), and the address is in fact that of the publishing house of Colburn and Bentley, publishers of the Naval and Military Gazette of which Philippart was the editor. The letter, which concerns a contribution to that journal by Dundas, begins: 'Dear Sir | I shall send in a few days another conclusion to your journal which I think you will deem better worth insertion than my foregoing one. It contains the battle of Fuentes and some matter immediately succeeding'. Dundas hopes that Philippart will find room for the piece in the number for March, and explains that it will take at least as much space 'as the Artle you mention to be in the Jany No and which has not come to hand'. In a postscript he asks, 'If it is not a secre[t,] Pay who is [binded?] whose opinion in my respects coincide with mine?'.

Condition: Very good condition. Finely printed chromolithographed 12 page calendar with Revolutionary War depictions, which includes a cover illustration of George Washington at Valley Forge 1778, and a view from Garrison's North Redoubt on the Hudson River looking towards West Point. The view is captioned, "West Point -- with its Fortifications & c. 1780". A full page of text printed on the verso describes West Point in 1780. The calendar was created as a trade souvenir to be distributed at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. Each month in this lavishly illustrated and gilt decorated calendar with titled illustration has a b&w verso of text or woodcut illustration of buildings at the Centennial International Exhibition of 1876. Kronheim & Co. was founded by the German born lithographer and wood engraver Joseph Martin Kronheim, who is noted for working with George Baxter, the English printed credited with the invention of commercially viable color printing. 5 1/4 x 7 3/4". 13pp, string bound. Lavishly printed with gilt highlights, the colors fresh and intense. OCLC: 341180480 records one copy at University of Massachusetts, Boston.

See his entry in the Oxford DNB. 1p, folio. Text clear and entire, on worn and grubby paper, with chipping to edges and slight loss to one corner, with one closed tear repaired with archival tape. Embossed tax stamps at head. Good firm signature at bottom right 'David Dundas.', beside small seal in red wax, with crumbling impression. At bottom left: 'Signed Sealed and Delivered (being first duly stampt) in the Presence of us / John Landon / M King'. Downwards in left-hand margin: 'Entered in the Office for Auditing the Public Accounts the 9th of February 1797 / Thos Gibbes'. Begins: 'Know all Men by these Presents that I David Dundas Esqr. Major General of His Majestys Forces and Colonel of the Twenty Second Regiment of Foot, for and in Consideration of Clothing furnished and delivered by Alexander Adair Esqr. of Pall Mall to and for the Use of the said Regiment [.]'. The document concerns 'the Offreckonings or Clothing Money of Twenty Serjeants, Twenty Corporals, Eight Drummers, Two Hundred Privates, Ten Contingent Men and Eight Warrant Men'.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. 1st Edition. In many ways, we are offering this as a historical object, not reading material. This book was printed in 1653 and belonged to the Reverend Lemuel Hidges (sometimes written Hodges) who was the first pastor of Warwick, Massachusetts - a town on the Massachusetts/New Hampshire border. The settlement there was formed in 1737 and called Gardner's Canada because land there was given to descendants of soldiers who fought in the 1690 Battle of Quebec. Because of American Indian resistance to the settlement there, it was not a safe place to live and it wasn't until 1760 that the town had enough residents to hire a Pastor. Lemuel Hedge, only 26 years old, was to come minister to the scant residents, and he must have brought this book with him. When the Revolutionary War began, Rev. Hedge spoke out against it, and the citizens of Warwick was chastised, and barred from leaving the town. Hedges died in 1777 and is buried in Warwick. I have seen his name written as Hedge, Hodge and Hidge. This book, in the remains of its original, full leather binding, has managed to survive another 241 years (so far). All the leather from the spine and front cover is gone, leaving just the book-board and sewn page edges. Leather remains on the rear cover. Front cover is attached by only one cord. Front endpaper detached but set neatly back in place. The name Joseph Mayo is signed on the front side. Joseph Mayo was a resident of Warwick and a Minuteman during the start Revolutionary War veteran who was at the Battle of Lexington. He later marched to Ft. Ticonderoga with Ethan Allen, and was in charge of the Fort for a time. He died in 1817. On the back side of this detached endpaper is a handwritten note, "This book belonged originally to the Red. Lemuel Hedge, the 1st pastor in Warwick, Mass." There are extensive reinforcing repairs to that side of the page. The name "M.A. Reed" is signed on one of the repairs. The title page has the name "Leml Hidge's book" at the top right. And the name "Richard Allen Day 1925" on the top left. Inside front cover has large bookplate with the name "Richard Allen Day" on it and image of a church. The book itself has survived, but is fragile. Text block appears to be complete. Pages toned and somewhat wavy. 538 pages plus unpaginated table. Paper is a bit brittle. Margins cut close, but no text missing. Measures 5.75 x 7.5 inches. The author wrote 12 volumes on the Book of Job. Please email with questions or to request photos. From Reformation England to the American wilderness before Independence in the hands of a 20-something Tory preacher, to my shelves - and soon to yours.

Leather bound. Condition: Very good. First edition of A Narrative of the Proceedings of His Majesty's Fleet, Under the Command of Earl Howe, published in 1796. The first major sea battle of the Revolutionary War. (illustrator). First Edition. Quarto, [8], 118pp. Full red crushed levant, thin gilt trim. Spine professionally rebacked, five raised bands, title in gilt. Green silk endpapers, all edges gilt. Previous ownership bookplates to front endpapers. Errata on verso of title page. Solid text block, worn corners, foxing to edges of leaves, a very good example. Complete with a detailed frontispiece portrait of King George III, tipped-in frontispiece portrait of Earl Howe, and two large fold-out plates of battle plans bound in at rear. Binding by L. Staggemeire and Welcher of London. (NMM Catalogue V, 1798). Richard, The First Earl Howe (1726-1799) was a Royal Navy officer who served Great Britain in the Seven Years' War, the American Revolutionary War, and the French Revolutionary War. This work describes Howe's success in commanding the British Fleet during the "Glorious First of June" naval battles in 1794, with the British defeat of the French fleet of Villaret de Joyeuse in the North Atlantic. The first British naval victory of the Revolutionary War.

[Concordance] FINELY BOUND. Octavo (26 x 18cm), unpaginated (complete). With an engraved frontispiece portrait of the author. Main text in small print over three columns. Elegantly bound in contemporary brown full polished calf with gilt-lettered red morocco title label, raised bands and gilt centre ornament to spine. Bookplate of Earn Cornwallis to pastedown, contents clean and fresh, binding pleasingly aged with light rubbing and handling only. A near fine copy. Charles Cornwallis, 2nd Earl Cornwallis (1738-1805) (created Marquess Cornwallis in 1792), was an Eton and Cambridge-educated British soldier and noted military commander, best known as one of the leading British generals in the American War of Independence; his surrender to George Washington's Franco-American army at Yorktown effectively ended the war.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. Folio (13 4/8 x 9 5/8 inches). Engraved allegorical frontispiece, vignette title-page, and 43 EXCEPTIONALLY FINE maps, plans and views, of which 26 are double-page, by Andrea Scacciati, G.M.Terreni, Giuseppe Pazzi, D.V.Rossi, Violante Vanni and N. Mabraini. Contemporary half tan calf, speckled paper boards (a bit worn at the extremities). First separate edition, the maps and text were first published together in "Il Gazzettiere Americano" (Livorno: M. Coltellini, 1763), the text was translated from the American Gazetteer (London 1762). With America in the throes of revolution (1775-1783) the attention of Europe was focused sharply upon her, and a number of books and atlases were published on the subject, particularly in Italy. Probably the most famous of these is Raynal and Zatta's "Storia dell' America Settentrionale", however Masi's "Atlante dell'America" contains some beautiful maps and views of the major coastal ports, islands. The double-page maps include: North and South America; New England, New York and Pennsylvania; the Great Lakes; Quebec; Hudson Bay; Pensacola; St. Augustine, Florida; The West Indies and the Gulf of Mexico; Cuba; Havana; St. Domingo and Hispaniola; city plan of St. Domingo; Jamaica; Guadalupe; Martinique; Barbados; Granada; Porto Bello; Cartagena, Santa Maria and Venezuala; city of Cartagena; San Francisco; the Amazon River; Lima; Paraguay; San Salvador. There are full-page maps of Boston harbour; New York and New Jersey harbours; Niagara Falls; Gulf of St. Lawrence; Newfoundland; Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; Vera Cruz; Acapulco; Yucatan; Darien; Chagres River, Panama; South America; Cusco; Santiago in Chile. And with fine views of View: Quebec; New Mexico; St. Eustacious (Statia); and Potosi. Phillips 1167. Catalogued by Kate Hunter.