Lieut col simcoe (4 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Simcoe s Military Journal. A History Of Operations Of A Partisan Corps, Called The Queen s Rangers by Lieut. Col. J. G. Simcoe. Rare first US edition published in 1844 by Bartlett & Welford. book was originally printed at Exeter in 1787 by Simcoe for private distribution and copies are very rare. Simcoe came to America with the 35th Regiment in 1775, at the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War. From 1777 to 1781, he commanded the loyalist regiment known as the Queen's Rangers, which had been organized in 1776 by Col. Robert Rogers. Simcoe proved to be a very successful commander, and under his leadership, the Queen's Rangers developed a high degree of efficiency and a reputation for distinguished and honourable conduct. This is his history of the regiment and its operations in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North and South Carolina, and Virginia. Heavy foxing throughout. Hinges cracked. Cloth binding scuffed with 2 inch tear at head of spine. Foldout maps present.…

Cloth. Zustand: Near Fine. No Jacket. Eyewitness accounts of the american revolution. Reprinted from a copy on the library of the general society of mechanics and tradesmen of the city of new york. With fold-out maps etc. The lightest of shelf wear, otherwise very tidy. Size: 8vo.

Hardcover. Zustand: ex-library: good. First American Trade Edition. xvii, 328 p. 24 cm. 10 fold-out plans. Rebound in half burgundy leather with marbled paper boards. New endpapers. Ex library. Title has small ink stamp on front and number and stamp on verso. Some blind stamps within. Ink marks on first page of Preface. Small tears in title page edge. Some spotting and thumbing. Title continues: "A History of the Operations of a Partisan Corps, Called The Queen's Rangers, Commanded by Lieut. Col. J. G. Simcoe, During the War of the American Revolution; Illustrated by Ten Engraved Plans of Actions, &c. Now First Published, With A Memoir of the Author and Other Additions." Simcoe tells the story of the most famous Loyalist regiment in the Revolutionary War. Many of its men settled in Canada after American independence. Interesting fold-outs portray battlegrounds and troop movements. Originally published by the author in Exeter in 1787 for his own private distribution.…

Half-Leather. Zustand: Very Good. 1st Edition. Half red leather over marbled boards. Gilt titles. Marbled endpapers. 328 pp. 10 fold out maps. The whole foxed throughout. Ink name from 1889 on front endpaper. Binding darkened at spine but solid. Miliitary operations during the American Revolutionary War with a memoir of the Author. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.…