Epistles Domestic, Confidential, and Official, from General Washington, Written About the Commencement of the American Contest, When he entered on the Command of the Army of the United States
by Washington, George
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Chehalis, Washington, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. Robinson, 1796. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, xiv, blank leaf, 303 pp, in original contemporary full-calf binding with red spine label. A fair to good copy, with front board partially detached, leather split and starting to separate at head of spine. Front free endpaper and frontispiece lacking, contents otherwise complete, with light foxing and toning. A decent reference copy of the first edition. Collects Washington's letters to various officials and dignitaries, including British admirals Arbuthnot and Digby, Henry Clinton, Lord Cornwallis, Sir Guy Carleton, the Marquis de Lafayette, Alexander Hamilton, Major General John Sullivan, and others, and also "including many applications and addresses presented to him with his answers; Orders and Instructions, on important occasions, to his Aids de Camp, &c." Covers the period 1779 to 1783. Howes W-133 (noting that the first seven letters are Tory forgeries); Sabin 101742.
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- Bookseller
- Walkabout Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23377
- Title
- Epistles Domestic, Confidential, and Official, from General Washington, Written About the Commencement of the American Contest, When he entered on the Command of the Army of the United States
- Author
- Washington, George
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G. Robinson
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1796
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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About the Seller
Walkabout Books
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Chehalis, Washington
About Walkabout Books
Walkabout Books is an antiquarian bookstore located in southwest Washington State. We specialize in Americana and the literature of travel and adventure, including travel narratives, travel and tourism ephemera (travel diaries, vintage brochures, guidebooks, etc), exploration, mountaineering, and other outdoor pursuits. We also carry interesting and unusual books in many other fields.
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- Octavo
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- First Edition
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