A Declaration... [on] the
Causes and Necessity of their taking up Arms
Thomas Jefferson & John Dickinson
An extraordinarily rare July 1775 Massachusetts newspaper printing (occupying the entire front page) of one of the greatest state papers of the American Revolution and the most important forerunner to the Declaration of Independence: the July 6, 1775 "Declaration… Setting Forth the Causes and Necessity of Taking Up Arms," written by Thomas Jefferson and John Dickinson for the Second Continental Congress. $28,000. | More...
The History of the Origin, Progress,
and Termination of the American War
Charles Stedman
First edition, wide-margined copy, of Stedman's massive contemporary two-volume History of the American Revolution—"the standard work on the subject"—containing 15 military maps and plans (11 folding, the largest nearly 20 by 30 inches), beautifully bound in contemporary tree calf. $22,000. | More...
The Annual Register, 1774-76
London: J. Dodsley, 1775-76, 1788
Desirable mixed editions (two firsts and one fourth) of these valuable contemporary accounts of the years leading up to the American Revolution, with descriptions of the Boston Tea Party, the First Continental Congress, the conflicts at Lexington and Concord, the Battle of Bunker Hill, the appointment of George Washington as commander in chief of the armed forces, the Articles of Confederation, and the Declaration of Independence. Handsomely bound. $3800. | More...
An Oration Delivered at the State-House, in Philadelphia
Philadelphia Printed; London, Re-printed for: J.Johnson, 1776
First edition of a fascinating Revolutionary work of deliberate political misdirection, misattributed to Samuel Adams, firebrand of the Boston Tea Party, published in the wake of the Declaration "to show that the colonies were bent on independence," issued in London despite the imprint of a fictional Philadelphia printing. $6750. | More...
A History of the Campaigns of 1780 and 1781, in the Southern Provinces of North America
Sir Banastre Tarleton
First edition of Tarleton's significant account of the southern campaigns in the American Revolution, illustrated with five detailed maps (three large folding) with hand-colored outlines of routes and positions, desirable in contemporary tree calf. $12,500. | More...
A Further Examination of Our Present American Measures and of the Reasons and the Principles on Which They Are Founded
Matthew Robinson-Morris
First edition of this British work written in support of a peaceful American independence, the successor to the author's 1774 popular pamphlet, "Considerations on the Measures Carrying on with Respect to the British Colonies in North America." Robinson-Morris' works were highly influential for the Founding Fathers, especially John Adams who shared similar views in his Novanglus letters written in the lead-up to the Revolution. $2500. | More...
1783 Autograph Letter
Signed by Baron von Steuben
Rare and exceptional 1783 autograph letter, written entirely in French and in Baron von Steuben's hand, to his close friend, Alexander Hamilton, then a member of the Continental Congress, reacting to Congress' rejection of General Washington's plan to demobilize the Continental Army and build a peacetime standing army. $9000. | More...
Contemporary broadside describing the
Battle of Bunker Hill
Boston: John Howe, 1775
Scarce and important original 1775 broadside offering a Loyalist account of the Battle of Bunker Hill, printed a week after the fighting. $21,000. | More...
Three autograph surveying journals signed
"Mad" Anthony Wayne
Most desirable set of three autograph surveying journals, written entirely in the hand of Revolutionary War General "Mad" Anthony Wayne and signed nine times, with 2-1/2 pages of fiery pre-war content on British slights and the importance of liberty. $19,500. | More...
Memoir of the Life of Richard Henry Lee
Richard Henry Lee
First edition of a memoir of the life of Virginia's famed Founding Father, signer of the Declaration of Independence, with engraved frontispiece portrait in Volume I. $2900. | More...
