1938 Rabble in Arms Autographed at Fort Ticonderoga by Author Kenneth Roberts

Kenneth Roberts

Published by Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc., 1938

About this Item

Rabble in Arms. A Chronicle of Arundel And the Burgoyne Invasion. By Kenneth Roberts. Garden City, New York: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc. 1938. This Book is one of a special edition autographed at Fort Ticonderoga. 870 p., 7.75 x 5.5 , 8vo. In fair condition. Dust jacket exhibits the most wear: Rear flap hinge split at head; Head of spine chipped with small loss of text; Flap corners are clipped (price remains); toning and soiling to cream colored flaps and rear cover. Navy cloth boards normally scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine bumped; gilt lettering on spine & front board normally dulled. Toning exhibited in both front and rear gutters from dust jacket flaps. Special autographed leaf bound preceding half-title page. Front gutter cracked at title page. Normal toning throughout text-block, mostly at edges of leaves. Binding remains intact. Please see photos. Kenneth Lewis Roberts (1885 1957) was an American writer of historical novels. He was the first American journalist to cover the 1923 Beer Hall Putsch, Adolf Hitler's failed attempt to seize power. Roberts's historical fiction often focused on rehabilitating unpopular persons and causes in American history. A key character in Arundel and Rabble in Arms is the American officer and eventual traitor Benedict Arnold, with Roberts focusing on Arnold's expedition to Quebec and the Battle of Quebec in the first novel and the Battle of Valcour Island, the Saratoga campaign and the Battles of Saratoga in the second. Signed at Fort Ticonderoga by author Kenneth Roberts. RAREA1938BHJX 12/24 - HK2217.

Seller Inventory # RAREA1938BHJX

Bibliographic Details

• Title: 1938 Rabble in Arms Autographed at Fort Ticonderoga by Author Kenneth Roberts
• Publisher: Doubleday, Doran & Co., Inc.
• Publication Date: 1938
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fair
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fair
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • Rare Book Room