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THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION


THE FAMILY QUARREL by Elswyth Thane


BROADSIDES AND BAYONETS by Carl Berger

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WAR OUT OF NIAGARA by Howard Swiggett


IN DEFENSE OF THE PUBLIC LIBERTY BY Samuel B. Griffith II

An exciting and detailed book on the American Revolution by a brigadier general retired from the United State Marine Corps who also wrote THE BATTLE FOR GUADALCANAL.


PAUL REVERE'S OWN STORY, compiled by Harriet E. O'Brien

  • RARE,LIMITED EDITION, COPY 186 OF 500
  • NEAR FINE Small bump on lower edge of backstrip. Original slipcase present, but sadly deteriated.
  • COPYRIGHT AND PRIVATELY PRINTED 1929 BY PERRY WALTON.
  • 47 PAGES, INCLUDING BIBLIOGRAPHY 4 PAGE PROSPECTUS OF BOOK, WHICH SOLD FOR $15.00 LAID IN.
  • 31 ILLUSTRATIONS INCLUDING FACIMILES OF REVERE LETTERS.
  • Printed under direction of Walton Advertising and Printing Company, Boston, Massachusetts.
  • Volume One of a series of rare historic and literary publications.
  • "All know Paul Revere as the Messenger of the Revolution. Few know Paul Revere as the inventor, the artist, the mechanic, the politician, or master of industry. This is a sketch of his life".
  • The book is bound in library boards, covered with a blue, hand made Italian paper..the beauty of the binding is greatly enhanced by a reproduction of the Revere family crest.
  • THERE IS INCLUDED A NUMBER OF SPECIMENS OF PAUL REVERE'S WORK AS AN ENGRAVER, SILVERSMITH AND CARTOONIST.
  • Item Number: SRV5 Price: $175.00


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NEW YORK IN THE REVOLUTION by James A. Roberts, Comptroller

  • These records were discovered, arranged and classified in 1895,1896, 1897 and 1898.
  • Second Edition 1898 With two page frontispiece Map of New York 1775-1783 showing Tryon, Charlotte, Albany Ulster & Dutchess Co
  • Very good condition, some pages uncut but page 31 has been carelessly cut with no text lost.
  • 32 illustrations of documents and Dignitaries
  • 9 additional units not in first edition..
  • 534 pages including index.
  • Large 10" X 12".
  • "New York, more than any other colony, was the battle-ground of the war"--- "The progress of this later inquiry has involved the handling of about 25,000 names, one-half of which were already in the card index. To the 40,000 names already in that index, 15,000 have been added, many of which are simply different ways of spelling the same name. There have been added to the Line, Levies and Privateers the names of 128 officers and 1,884 men".
  • A great reference to the names and units of those from New York who served in the Revolution Albany, N.Y. Press of Brandow Printing Company 1898.
  • Item No SNY3 Price $Sold.

SWORDS AND BLADES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION by George C. Neumann

  • Illustrated with drawings by George C. Woodbridge, and with over 1600 illustrations and descriptive detail.
  • Blue cloth binding with gold stamping.
  • FIRST EDITION Stackpole Books cy 1973.
  • Presentation copy signed by the author.
  • Very fine/very fine.
  • 288 Pages including Glossary, Nomenclature of terms, and index
  • "Pictures, details, and identifies more than 700 arms, tracing the evolution and history of each weapon."
  • "Located in private collections and institutions the majority never before photographed for publication, the weapons pulled together here create the first comprehensive study of bladed weapons of the American War for Independence. Spanning the total Colonial period, with major emphasis on the years from 1700 to 1783 this book provides new insight on the shaping; of basic weapon patterns and sketches a picture of America's evolving education in military tactics. Although the musket superseded the pike as the infantry's primary arm by 1700 in Europe, linear tactics persisted through the Revolution, and it often was the final clash of bladed weapons a mass contact of bayonets, knives, swords, and pole arms that ultimately and quite literally carved out victory."
  • ISBN 0-8117-1720-8.
  • Item Number: SRV4...Price: SOLD

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