A Fine Collection of American Literature and History

1. Wirt, William
Sketches Of The Life And Character Of Patrick Henry
Philadelphia: Thomas, Cowperthwait & Co, 1845. Ninth Edition, Corrected by the Author. 8vo. (xviii), 468, (1) pp. Contemporary brown sheepskin, lightly worn, red morocco spine label; tailcap worn; contemporary ownership signature on front free endpaper; scattered very light foxing. Sabin 104882

2. Caldwell, Charles
Memoirs of the Life and Campaigns of the Hon. Nathaniel Greene…
Philadelphia: Robert and Thomas Desilver, 1819. First edition. 8vo. xxiii, 452 pp.; free endpapers and errata wanting. Illustrated with engraved portrait frontispiece of Greene, and two facsimile letters. Full contemporary tree calf, worn, headcap perished; scattered foxing and browning; contemporary inscription on front paste-down, contemporary ownership signature on verso of frontispiece. Howes C-21; Sabin 9897

3. (Langworthy, Edward)
The Life and Memoirs of the Late Major General Lee…
New York: Richard Scott, 1813. Third American edition. 12mo. (xiii), 352 pp. Full contemporary sheep, boards worn, joints worn; scattered foxing. Howes L-83; Sabin 38903

"Said to have been edited by Thomas Paine, under the direction of Edward Langworthy..." (Howes).

4. Botta, Charles
History of the War of the Independence of the United States Of America
Cooperstown, NY: H. & E. Phinney, 1847. In two volumes. Ninth edition. 8vo. Translated from the Italian by George Alexander Otis. Each volume illustrated with an engraved frontispiece. Contemporary speckled calf, boards lightly soiled; prelims foxed. Howes B-636

Carlo Giuseppe Botta (1766-1837) was an Italian historian who authored multiple works on the history of his own country, but due to his admiration for the United States, published his Storia della guerra dell' Independenza d'America, first in 1809.

5. Sherburne, Andrew
Memoirs of Andrew Sherburne: A Pensioner of the Navy of the Revolution...
Utica, (New York): William Williams, 1828. First edition. 12mo. (xii), (263) pp. Contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, scratched and worn; prelims foxed. Sabin 80330

An interesting view of life as a member of the Continental Navy during the American Revolution.