(REVOLUTION.) [Burke, Edmund.] An Impartial History of the War in America.

(REVOLUTION.) [Burke, Edmund.] An Impartial History of the War in America. 12 engraved portrait plates, only; lacks the map and the portrait of Putnam. xi, 608,44 pages. 8vo, contemporary calf, backstrip worn; front hinge cracked. London: R. Faulder, 1780

first edition. An important early history of the Revolution by the pro-American political philosopher. This copy includes the following portraits (usually found lacking): W. Howe, Hancock, Adams, an American Rifle Man, Washington, Arnold, Hopkins, Lee, R. Howe, Franklin, Wooster, and Gates. Howes B975; Church 1171.
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