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Sale 1335 - Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie
Jun 6, 2024
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[WASHINGTON, George (1732-1799)]. Epistles Domestic, Confidential, and Official. New York & London: G. Robinson and J. Bull, F. and C. Rivington, 1796.
8vo (209 x 125 mm). (Title soiled and with marginal losses laid down, some soiling, first few leaves frayed.) Modern quarter calf. Provenance: Louisville Free Public Library (perforated stamp on title-page). FIRST EDITION, including letters to Generals Clinton, Sullivan, and Lafayette and to Lord Cornwallis and Congress. The letters, Tory forgeries, are attributed to John Randolph, John Vardill, and James Rivington.
[With:] [WASHINGTON]. Revolutionary Orders of General Washington, Issued during the Years 1778, '80, '81, & '82. Henry Whiting, editor. New York & London: Wiley and Putnam, 1844. 8vo. Publisher's brown blind-stamped cloth (rebacked). Provenance: Frank Cutter Deering (bookplate). FIRST EDITION, with orders selected from the manuscripts of Lieutenant and Adjutant of the 2nd Regiment Massachusetts John Whiting. THE FRANK DEERING COPY.
Fine Literature from the Collection of Richard C. McKenzie

