6. AMERICAN REVOLUTION - CALDWELL, Charles. Memoirs of the Life and Campaigns of the Hon. Nathaniel Greene, Major General in the Army of the United States, and Commander of the Southern Department, in the War of the Revolution. Philadelphia: Robert Desilver, 1819. 4to (220 x 130 mm). 2 folding facsimile letters, portrait frontispiece after Charles Wilson Peale. Contemporary full calf, spine ruled in gilt with one red morocco lettering label, edges stained yellow. Condition: foxed with some light dampstaining; extremities lightly worn, joints cracked at foot.
biography of the revolutionary general with descriptions of many important battles, including his stand against cornwallis in the south. Howes C21. Sabin 9897.
est. $300 – $500