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181276584Philadelphia: Bradford and Inskeep 1812. First edition. Full Leather. Good. Two volume set. 22 x 14 cm. 423pp 486pp. Bound into full period leather with red spine labels. Engraved frontispiece portrait in each volume. Front free endpaper nearly detached in volume 1. Overall scuffing and wear to the bindings. Text block remains tight. Occasional foxing. <br /> <br /> Provenance: Name on title page Charles J. Butler. Book label for Joseph C. Butler in each volume. Obscured stamp in rear of volume 1. "Light Horse Harry" was a governor congressman and the father of Robert E. Lee. He was Virginian cavalry officer during the American Revolution. This account is based on his personal experiences and conversations with other participants. Lee was the author of the resolution passed by Congress upon the death of George Washington which included the celebrated apothegm "first in war first in peace and first in the hearts of his country." <br /> <br /> References: Britannica online article on Henry Lee Howes L202. Larned "The literature of American history" 1414. OCLC 963766452. Sabin 39741. Shaw & Shoemaker 25839. Bradford and Inskeep unknown
18660080065London: Longman Green Longman and Roberts 1866. First edition. Hardcover. Good-/No Jacket. Complete set in 2 volumes. Published 1862 and 1866. Hardcover 4tos. in 1/4 leather. Fold-out frontis in each volume. Good to Fair copies. Both copies with clean and unmarked text. Both with sticker on the spine and presentation bookplate on the front pastedown. Heavy loss and chipping to the leather; the spine panel of Volume 2 is barely attached. A solid reading set complete in 2 volumes. Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts hardcover