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 (220 x 133 mm). 9 engraved folding maps. (Tear crossing image on map of New Hampshire & Vermont repaired verso, some minor spotting, a few stains). 20th-century half red morocco gilt, top edges gilt. Provenance: George Sens (note recording purchase 1901 in Vol. I).
FIRST EDITION. "Gordon is deservedly reckoned as one of the most impartial and reliable of the numerous historians of the American Revolution" (Sabin 28011). Howes G-256; Sabin 28011 (erroneously calling for 8 plates and 5 maps).
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Property from the Collection of Dorothy and Richard Fitch
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