GORDON, William (1728-1807). The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment, of the Independence of the United States of America... L: sold by Charles Dilly and James Buckland, 1788. FIRST EDITION.
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GORDON, William (1728-1807). The History of the Rise, Progress, and Establishment, of the Independence of the United States of America... London: printed for the author, sold by Charles Dilly and James Buckland, 1788.
4 volumes, 8vo (213 x 128 mm). 9 engraved folding maps. Contemporary tree calf, spines in 7 compartments with 6 raised bands, gilt-decorated in 4, the rest gilt-lettered (a touch of wear to extremities). Provenance: W. Leuwen? (signatures, 1841).
FIRST EDITION in a fine contemporary binding of Gordon's History, the "first full-scale history of this war by an American" (Howes). Howes G-256; Sabin 28011 (erroneously calling for 8 plates and 5 maps).
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Property from the Collection of Kay Michael Kramer
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