Major John Andre (8 results)

Condition: soft covers, fine condition. 0864950276. cover illust. John Sim (illustrator).

hardcover. Condition: As New. Hardcover. No dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. (Eyewitness accounts of the American Revolution).

Cloth. Condition: Very Good. No DJ. Reprint Edition. 128pp. Titles: sp. Frontis. Illus w/ b/w facsimile letter. Externally and interior clean and crisp. "Eyewitness Accounts of the American Revolution" series. John Andre's experiences in the British Army's American operations 1777-1778, prior to his becoming adjutant-general and participation in the Benedict Arnold conspiracy 1780 to deliver West Point into British hands. Introduction by Henry Cabot Lodge. Does not include the maps and engravings of the 1st edition (1904). Very nice copy and scarce.…

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Limited Edition. Edited by Henry Cabot Lodge. Two thick quarto volumes: pp xx, 135; [vi], 78. Two portraits, seven facsimiles, thirty-eight maps (some folding, some double-page). Engraved portrait of André signed by the engraver W.F. Hopson; title-page etching signed by the etcher W.H.W. Bicknell. Printed from a manuscript discovered in 1902. Limited to 467 copies on handmade paper out of a total edition of 487 sets. Full vellum lettered in gilt, gilt crest on upper covers. Top edge gilt. Housed in the original publisher's slipcases. Slipcases with some wear, but stunning copies of the books.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Scarce. Number 94 of only 600 copies. Full brown leather with gilt lettering and embellishments. Minor edge wear may be present due to storage. Minor wear to slipcase ONLY. Otherwise NF, appears unread.

Blattgr. 35 x 23 cm, stockfleckig. Engraved for Raymond's History of England; wurde lt Drugulin "von Washington als Spion gehangen".

ANDRE, John. LODGE, Henry Cabot, ed. Andre's Journal. An Authentic Record of the Movements and Engagements of the British Army in America from June 1777 to November 1778 as Recorded from Day to Day by Major John Andre. Boston: Issued by the Bibliophile Society for Members Only, 1903. 2 vols. 4tos. Illus. with engraved title pages, facsimiles, 38 maps. With prospectus laid in. Orig. gilt-decorated vellum, t.e.g. A fine set in publisher's slipcases. Howes A-239. First printing of the journal, limited to 467 sets (an additional special 21 copies printed for presentation). The manuscript of Major John Andre's journal went unnoticed and unpublished until it was discovered in 1902 at the home of Earl Grey, descendant of the Earl Grey who was the commanding officer of Andre during the early phase of the American Revolutionary War. Andre was hanged as a spy in 1780. Great excitement was stirred up by the discovery of the manuscript, and the Bibliophile Society printed it at the end of 1903. As the 15pp. prospectus included here explains, "many urgent requests for copies. have been received from historical Societies, libraries, and collectors, but all applicants have been informed that none will be printed except for members; the only exception being one copy for President Roosevelt." This prospectus, dated 6 November 1903, is complete with the return slip for orders, and it is a rare survival: we can find only two mentions of the prospectus in auction records. …

Excellent. 2 Volumes. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Two portraits, seven facsimilies, 38 maps, some folding, some double page, all drawn by the etcher, W.H.W. Bicknell. Limited Edition 487 copies beautifully bound in full vellum with gold coat of arms on boards and gold lettering on the spines, t.e.g. Frontispiece from an original engraving by Andre - signed by the engraver William F. Hopson and slo by E. D. French the designer of the title pages. A comprehensive and highly interesting account of the movements and engagements of the British Army during the months of June 1777 to November 1778. A very scarce set in wonderful condition. …