The Biography of the Principal American Military and Naval Heroes; Comprehending Details of Their Achievements During the Revolutionary and Late Wars Volume II by Wilson, Thomas - 1817

New York: John Low, 1817. First Edition . Full-Leather. Good. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall. Volume 2 of 2 volumes. Scarce early historical biographies of 27 figures - Pike, Lawrence, Perry, DeCatur, Jackson, Scott, Hull, Dearborn, et al. (Howes: Wilson, 538). First Edition. 320 pp. Full leather covers heavily rubbed & worn smooth . Red leather label with still readable gilt title on spine. Corners bumped with some loss of leather. Spine tattered and severly worn at head and tail. There is a split where front cover meets spine, but this doesn't seem to be affecting the integrity of the binding. While it hasn't yet occurred , the potential exists for detachment of the front board. The first f.e.p. has a one inch strip across the top of page neatly excised, probably from a previous owner removing their name. A previous owner's name neatly written in script on second f.e.p. Pages heavily browned from offsetting and foxing, but still very readable. The leaf containing the table of contents and part of an advertisement (reads more like an essay) is loose and wrinkled. A few pages are lightly wrinkled or dog-eared. There are a couple of errors of pagination by the publisher or printer; following the text allows the reader to understand this is not a result of pages being bound out of order or a hasty repair. First Edition from 1817 .