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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION—HISTORY.) [Anburey, Thomas.]
Travels through
the Interior Parts of America.
Folding map with hand-colored routes, 8 plates. [2], vii,
[21], 467; [2], 558 pages. 2 volumes. 8vo, modern
1
/
2
morocco, attractive but just a bit
musty; lacks half-titles, minimal dampstaining on fore-edge, minor offsetting from plates.
London, 1789
[400/600]
FIRST EDITION
.
Anburey describes his services as a lieutenant in the British Army and his time as a
prisoner of war. Howes A226 (“aa”); Sabin 1366.
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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION—HISTORY.) Norwood, Nora.
Card game
titled “American Revolution: Vincit Amor Patria.”
11 illustrated cards (most of
them hastily hand-colored), and 21 (of 22) other cards, each 4
1
/
4
x 3
1
/
4
inches; moderate
wear, the “Explanation” card moderately soiled. In original heavy paper box with
illustrated printed label, worn and missing three side flaps. (MRS)
Providence, RI: Levi J. Lewis, circa 1855
[300/400]
This children’s game features illustrated scenes of the Revolution, as well as notes and quotes on the
war. One copy in OCLC, none traced at auction. Provenance: sold by Leonard Balish to the
consignor, October 1972.
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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION—HISTORY.) Smyth, John Ferdinand Dalziel.
A
Tour in the United States of America.
[10], iv, [10], 400; [12], 455, [1] pages. 2
volumes. 8vo, contemporary polished calf, joints split, otherwise minor wear; minor foxing,
lacking first rear free endpaper, bookplates removed from front pastedowns; Earl of
Portsmouth signatures on front pastedowns. (MRS)
London, 1784
[1,000/1,500]
FIRST EDITION
.
An account by an Englishman who settled in Virginia shortly before the war, offering
the Loyalist perspective. His travels also took him through the Carolinas, Kentucky, down the
Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, and Maryland. Sabin quotes John Randolph: “This book, although
replete with calumny and falsehood, contains the truest picture of the state of society and manners in
Virginia.” Clark, Old South II:62; Howes S730 (“aa”); Sabin 85254.
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