American History - 18th Century from SRG Antiquarian Books

The Life of Benedict Arnold; His Patriotism and His Treason. 1880 First Edition. By Isaac N. Arnold, Author of "Life of Abraham Lincoln". Chicago: Jansen, McClurg & Company. 1880. Condition: NOT a library book. Careful, professional rebinding as shown, aged end pages. Complete, with no marks, crimps, book plates, signatures, etc found within. Secure binding. Labeled in gilt with lightly impressed… Read more about this item

History of the War of the Independence of the United States of America, in Two volumes, 1840, by Charles Botta, Translated from the Italian by George Alexander Otis, Esq. Eight edition, in Two Volumes, Revised and Corrected. Condition: NOT a library book. Origiinal full leather bindings as photographed. Fresh marble end pages. All original tissue guards. Complete. Expected foxing. Please review… Read more about this item

History of the United States, or Republic of America, by Emma Willard, 1828 first edition, ACCOMPANIED BY A Series of Maps to Willard's History of the United States, First Edition. Housed in custom slip case. Willard's book details key United States historical events from the discovery in 1492 through 1826, the 50th anniversary of America's independence. The book contains a Chronological… Read more about this item

The Boys of '76, A History of the Battles of the Revolution. by Charles Carleton Coffin,k Author of "My Days and Nights on the Battlefield," "Following the Flag," "Four Years of Fighting," "Winning His Way," "Our New Way Round the World," etc. Illustrated. 1877: New York, Harper & Brothers Publishers, Franklin Square. Original c1876. Published 1877. Presumed first edition, second… Read more about this item

Biographical Sketches of Our National Presidents and the Ladies of the White House, Book I and Book II (Part A and Part B). Washington to Franklin Delano Roosevelt. 1932 First Edition. Two parts bound as one. Condition: NOT a library book. No stamps, signatures, book plates, crimps or writing found within. Like new condition, two parts bound as one. Please… Read more about this item

A Loyal Little Little Red-Coat, A Story of Child Life in New York a Hundred Years Ago, 1890 First Edition. By Ruth Ogden With over 60 Illustrations by H A Ogden. London: Griffith, Farran & Co. Printed in America. Condition: NOT a library book. Family child's book, all original. Fair condition because linen tape added to seams in front few… Read more about this item

Legends of the War of Independence and of The Earlier Settlements of the West. By T Marshall Smith, Louisville, KY: J F Brennan, Publisher. 1855 : First Edition. 397 pages (8vo 5-1/2"x8-1/2"). Smith spent many years collecting stories of the pioneers. Contains descriptions of incidents and experiences of early Kentuckians and North Carolinians, illustrating manners and customs of the backwoods as… Read more about this item

History of the Conspiracy of Pontiac, and the war of the North American Tribes Against the English Colonies after the Conquest of Canada. Francis Parkman, Jr. Boston: Charles C Little and James Brown.London: Richard Bentley. 1851 - First Edition: 630 pp including alphabetical index. Contents Include: Indian Tribes East of the Mississippi; France and England in America; the French, English and… Read more about this item

The Life of Benjamin Franklin With Many Choice Anecdotes and Admirable Sayings of the Great Man,Never Before Published by Any of his Biographers. M. L. Weems, Author of Life of Washington. Philadelphia: Published by Uriah Hunt...and Louisville, KY, Published by Morton & Co. 239 pp, 4-1/2" x 71/8". 1829. Early edition of M. L. Weems biography of Benjamin Franklin. First published… Read more about this item