Annals of Tryon County; or, The Border Warfare of New-York, during the Revolution.
New York: J. & J. Harper, 1831. First Edition. Full-Leather. Good / No Jacket. Item #2348306
First edition (Sabin 10275; Howes C-103). Includes folding frontispiece map and facsimile Joseph Brant letter. Both fold-outs complete. Boards a bit soiled, foxed throughout (as usual), light stains to margins of a few pages, 2 inch tear to binding edge of folding map, letter facsimile toned, ink and pencil notes and bookplate on front endpaper.
191, 78 pp. An account of raids on New York's borders by Tories and Native Americans goaded by the British during the Revolutionary War. Sabin 10275: "Includes a letter to John Brant from Thomas Campbell, in regard to the mention of Brant's father in Gertrude of Wyoming."
Price: $250.00