[Americana] Rogers, Robert Journals of Major Robert Rogers: Containing an Account of several Excursions he made under the Generals who commanded upon the Continent of North America, during the late War

London: Printed for the Author, and sold by J. Millan, 1765. First edition. 8vo. viii, 236, (4) (ads) pp.; including half-title. Full brown levant, stamped in gilt, joints and spine slightly rubbed; top edge gilt, other edges trimmed; by Adams; residue on front paste-down from now removed book-plate; contemporary London bookseller's ticket of John Lever on verso of title-page, scattered small chipping along edges of same, possibly from when separated from half-title page; scattered minor foxing to text, scattered light toning to same. Howes R-419; Sabin 72725; Streeter Sale II:1029; Vail 563; Reese, The Struggle for North America, 66

First edition of Robert Rogers's classic first-person account of the French and Indian War. Published when Rogers was only 34-years-old, this narrative recounts nearly six years of his exploits while serving as a scout, and then as a captain leading the independent company of soldiers from New Hampshire attached to the British Army, eponymously named "Rogers' Rangers". During the war he executed numerous raids with the Rangers against the French and their Native American allies, often behind enemy lines, in Pennsylvania, New York, and Ohio. This account, along with his Concise Account of North America (1765) made him famous in America.

Provenance

Stan V. Henkels, in these rooms, Literary Nuggets and Rare American History. Being the Library of W.A. Gramer, Esq. December 4-5, 1911, Sale 1044, Lot 1297