An Impartial History of the War in America,between Great Britain and Her Colonies From Its Commencement to the End of the Year 1779. Exhibiting a Circumstantial Connected,and Complete Account of the Real Causes, Rise,and Progress of the War

Edmund Burke

Verlag: London R.Faulder & J. Milliken, 1780

Beschreibung

Octavo. First edition. Bound in full modern brown Moroccan leather. 5 raised bands. Gilt lettering on spine. Gilt tooling on spine and boards. Inlaid gilt tooling on inside boards. Marbled end pages. Fine binding and cover. New end pages. Rough cut. Page ends tanned. Unmarked pages. Scattered foxing and tanning to pages. Lacks plates and map. Contemporary owners name of W. Barradell, Lancaster on BFEP. Ships daily. Attributed to Edmund Burke, this anonymously published volume is one of the very earliest Revolutionary histories in book form to be derived from London's Annual Register, "an original authority of high value.for the revolutionary struggles" (Libby, Some Pseudo Histories, 425). Outspoken in his assessment British colonial policies, Burke was a frequent editor and principal contributor of the Register. Beginning in 1776, the magazine began a series that offered "the most able, impartial and authentic history of the dispute which can be found. Understood to be drawn up by Burke.(and there is no doubt of it), the arguments on each side are displayed with an impartiality that is quite admirable" (Church 1171). Libby, 422. Sabin 34375, 51506. Howes B975. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1409030007

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Titel: An Impartial History of the War in America,...

Verlag: London R.Faulder & J. Milliken

Erscheinungsdatum: 1780

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good