American Revolution from Tannery Books

New York: Macmillan, 1902. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good. Edward McCrady, The History of South Carolina in the Revolution (4-volume set), New York, The Macmillan Company, 1897-1902, First Printing [Howes, M-73]. Volumes include The History of South Carolina Under the Proprietary Government, 1670-1719, published in 1897; The History of South Carolina Under the Royal Goverment, 1719-1776, 1899; The… Read more

Raleigh: N.C. Department of Cultural Resources, Division of Archives and History, 1976. First edition. Paperback. Good. Alice Elaine Mathews, Society in Revolutionary North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C. Department of Cultural Resources and Division of Archives and History, 1976, First Edition with no other printings mentioned. Trade pb with bw photo of cabin on red covers, viii, 92 pp with… Read more

Philadelphia: Ferris & Leach, 1902. First Printing. Hardcover. Ex-library. Sally Wister, edited by Albert Cook Myers. Sally Wister's Journal, A True Narrative, Being a Quaker Maiden's Account of Her Experiences with Officers of the Continental Army, 1777-1778. With Reproductions of Portraits, Manuscripts, Relics and Views. Philadelphia, Ferris & Leach, 1902, First Printing. Yellow cloth hc with dark-blue cover… Read more

Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 1961. Reprint. Paperback. Good. Courtland T. Reid, William P. Brandon, Guilford Courthouse National Military Park North Carolina, Washington, D.C., National Park Service Historical Handbook Series No. 30, 1961 reprint. Staples paper covers with blue and red illustrations, iv, 40 pp, illustrated with maps, portraits, uniforms, monuments, etc. Good-: covers heavily tanned with small… Read more

Summerfield, N.C.: The Golden Rule Press, 1921. Hardcover. Ex-library. George Washington, transcribed and compiled by Joseph A. Hoskins; President Washington's Diaries, 1791-1799. Summerfield/Greensboro, N.C., The Golden Rule Press (author), 1921, hardcover library edition. INSCRIBED by author on ffep, dated 1932. Green cloth hc with black titling on front, plain brown endpapers, 100 pp. Ex-library (Good)/no DJ: corners bumped… Read more

New York: The Dial Press, 1970. First printing. Hardcover. Good/good. Burke Davis, The Campaign That Won America: The Story of Yorktown, New York, The Dial Press, 1970, First printing. INSCRIBED by author to po on half-title. Glossy dark blue hc, 8vo (23 cm), [xii] 320 pp with index, 16 bw plates; glossy illustrated dustjacket. Good/Good: lightly bumped, shaken… Read more

A. S. Barnes & Co. . Reprint. Paperback. Ex-Library. J. Watts de Peyster, The Affair at King's Mountain, 7th October, 1780, New York and Chicago, A. S. Barnes & Co. Undated reprint from The Magazine of American History, December 1880, Vol. V, No. 6. Mottled gray paper covers, 8vo (24 cm), frontispiece portrait, [402]-424 pp, 351-[370] pp, unopened,… Read more

Office Chief of Military History, Department of the Army. First edition. Loose_leaf. Very Good. The American Soldier, Office Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, 1964-undated. Historically researched paintings by H. Charles McBarron, commissioned as part of the Army Historical Program, prints 9 x 12.5 inches (23 x 32 cm). This collection contains the complete first three… Read more

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1981. Second printing. Hardcover. Very Good/good +. Charles Royster, Light Horse Harry Lee and the Legacy of the American Revolutions, New York, Alfred A. Knopf, 1981, Second printing. Red cloth over blue paper boards, 8vo (21 cm), red top edges, xiv, 302 pp with index, 16 pp bw illustrated plates; glossy illustrated dustjacket.… Read more

New York: The Literary Guild, 1936. Hardcover. Good. Andreas Latzko, Lafayette: A Life, New York, The Literary Guild, 1936 (stated First Edition but probably a later printing). Purple cloth hc with blind-stamped signature on front and fleur-de-lis design on spine, large 8vo (23 cm), xii plus frontispiece, 402 pp with index. Good/no DJ: corners and edges wearing, spine… Read more

Philadelphia: G. G. Evans, 1859. First printing. Hardcover. Good. G. G. White. Cecil B. Hartley, Life of Major General Henry Lee, Commander of Lee's Legion in the Revolutionary War, and Subsequently Governor of Virginia; to Which is Added the Life of General Thomas Sumter of South Carolina. Illustrated with engravings, from original designs, by G. G. White. Philadelphia,… Read more

Williamsburg: Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1957. First edition. Paperback. Good +. Robert C. Pugh, et al, The William and Mary Quarterly: A Magazine of Early American History - April 1957, Vol. XIV no. 2, Williamsburg, Institute of Early American History and Culture, 1957, First edition. Articles: The French Farmers-General in the Chesapeake: The MacKercher-Huber Mission… Read more

New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1967. Hardcover. Ex-Library/good. LT. Col. Joseph B. Mitchell, Discipline and Bayonets: The Armies and Leaders in the War of the American Revolution, New York, G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1967. Black cloth hc, 8vo, 224 pp, line-drawing maps; illustrated paper dustjacket. Ex-library (Good)/Good: ex-library with spine sticker and minor markings, DJ cover taped… Read more

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920. First American edition. Hardcover. Good. Joachim Merlant, translated by Mary Bushnell Coleman, Soldiers and Sailors of France in the American War for Independence (1776-1783), New York, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1920, "Authorized Edition." Blue cloth hc with gilt title, 8vo (20 cm), xviii, 214 pp, four illustrated plates including frontispiece. This is a… Read more

Washington DC, 1950. First printing. Hardcover. Very Good. Mary Elinor Lazenby, Catawba Frontier 1775-1781 Memories of Pensioners, Washington, D.C., 1950, First printing. Brown paper covers rebound in green cloth hc, 8vo (21 cm), x, 110 pp with index. Short biographies, mostly of service in the American Revolution. Very Good: light corner wear, po bookplate on front pastedown, light… Read more

Albany: The University of the State of New York, 1932. First edition. Hardcover. Good +. Samuel Tallmadge, John Barr, edited by Almon W. Lauber of the Division of Archives and History, Albany, N.Y., The University of the State of New York, 1932 [probable first printing from scholars listed, although WorldCat lists a 1902 by the same university]. Blue… Read more

New York: Bramhall House, 1964. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Harold A. Larrabee, Decision at the Chesapeake, New York, Bramhall House, copyright 1964 (full number line but probably a reprint). Blue cloth hc, xviii, 318 pp with notes and index; illustrated dustjacket with ships in battle on front. Very Good/Good: corners wearing, spine starting, po bookplate on front pastedown, scuff… Read more

1970. Reprint. Paperback. Near Fine. William S. Stryker, New Jersey Continental Line in the Virginia Campaign of 1781, [1970 Historical Publications reprint of] Trenton, N.J., John L. Murphy, 1882. Pictorial paper covers with soldier, 8vo (21 cm), [ii] 46 pp. Near Fine: lightly scuffed near spine, crisp, no markings.

The John C. Winston Company, 1932. Third printing. Hardcover. Good. J. L. G. Ferris, Edwin John Prittie. Edwin Satterthwaite Parry, lineal descendant of Betsy Ross. Betsy Ross, Quaker Rebel : Being the True Story of the Romantic Life of the Maker of the First American Flag. The John C. Winston Company, 1932, third printing. Illustrations by J. L.… Read more

Ann Arbor: The William L. Clements Library, 1926. First printing. Paperback. Good. Randolph G. Adams. The Headquarters Papers of the British Army in North America During the War of the American Revolution - A Brief Description of Sir Henry Clinton's Papers in the William L. Clements Library. Ann Arbor, The William L. Clements Library, 1926, First printing. Green… Read more