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Lansingburgh:: Printed by Sylvester Tiffany,, 1795.. Second American edition.. Old ink ownership signature on front pastedown; spine label missing; slight age-toning to text; light scuffing to binding; tight and sound.. This copy has five only of six engraved plates..

Bennington, VT: Anthony Haswell, 1793. First American Edition. Leather. Fair. 3 7/8 X 6 Inches. IMPERFECT COPY (Missing Pages 1-24). Scarce original Bennington, Vermont First American Edition. Contains all FIVE original copperplate engravings. Original period leather with following engravings: "Americans throwing the Cargoes of the Tea Ships into the River at Boston", "Battle of Bunkers Hill" (trimmed), "Death of Genl Montgomery", "Destruction of the Randolph Frigate" and "Defeat of DeGrasse". Missing the frontis and pages 1-24. Contains the title-page, Preface and complete Contents section as well as pages 25-184. Howes C761. This scarce VT edition not listed in Sabin (listing there begins at the 1795 edition in America). PO name in pencil on front pastedown. PO inscription in ink on rear endpage. Foxing and toning throughout. Binding a bit loose as you might expect. A few pages exhibit closed tears, but overall a very sound copy despite the damage… Read More

London, E. Newbery 1789.. 12°. 4 ll., (1) 14-184 pp. Mit 5 Kupfertaf. Mod. Ldr.-Bd. mit Streicheisenlinien. Tit. am Kopfsteg beschnitten. Teile des alten flieg. Vorsatzbl. mit Namenszug auf das neue Vorsatzbl. aufkaschiert. In gutem Zustand. Sabin I, 16583 - Zweite Ausgabe des laut Sabin erstmal 1780 publizierten Werkes zur Geschichte Nordamerikas. "Ref. Mr. Cooper" ist ein Pseudonym für Richard Johnson (1733/4-1793), der im Vorwort schreibt: "Future generations will perhaps view the late revolution in North America, as the most singular phoenomenon that ever appeared […] To point out the gradual steps by which America finally obtained her independence, to describe those terrible scenes of rapine, blood, and slaughter […] are principally the objects of this epitiome". Es fehlt das Frontispiz mit der siegreichen Personifikation Amerikas. With 5 copplerplate engravings. Mod. calf binding, gilt stamped. The frontispiece with the victorious personification of… Read More