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Andreana Containing The Trial, Execution and Various Matter Connected with the History of Major John Andre, Adjutant General of the British Army in America, A.D. 1780
by [André, John]; Horace Wemyss Smith
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- Hardcover
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Philadelphia: Horace W. Smith, 1865. Limited edition. Hardcover. Good - condition. A Limited Edition of 50 copies in quarto size. With the portraits & facsimiles called for. Engravings include: portrait George Washington, portraits of Major Andre, portrait John Paulding, portrait Miss Honora Sneyd, portrait Miss Anna Seward, folding facsimile plate ("A representation of figures exhibited and paraded ..."), portrait of Benedict Arnold, and facsimile Arnold's Pass.
A reprint of 1780 edition: Proceedings of a Board of General Officers held by order of His Excellency Gen. Washington, Commander in Chief of the Army of the United States of America, respecting Major John André, Adjutant General of the British Army, September 29, 1780.
Large 4to, (9 1/2" x 12"), frontispiece portraits, 67pp, portraits, facsimiles. Deaccessed by the NY Association of the Bar Library, with their stamp on the title page. Pale green cloth library binding, leather spine labels damaged. Internally, some of the early leaves detached, slightly chipped at edges due to paper quality issues. OCLC: 1635835.
A reprint of 1780 edition: Proceedings of a Board of General Officers held by order of His Excellency Gen. Washington, Commander in Chief of the Army of the United States of America, respecting Major John André, Adjutant General of the British Army, September 29, 1780.
Large 4to, (9 1/2" x 12"), frontispiece portraits, 67pp, portraits, facsimiles. Deaccessed by the NY Association of the Bar Library, with their stamp on the title page. Pale green cloth library binding, leather spine labels damaged. Internally, some of the early leaves detached, slightly chipped at edges due to paper quality issues. OCLC: 1635835.
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- Antipodean Books, Maps & Prints
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- Title
- Andreana Containing The Trial, Execution and Various Matter Connected with the History of Major John Andre, Adjutant General of the British Army in America, A.D. 1780
- Author
- [André, John]; Horace Wemyss Smith
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good - condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited edition
- Publisher
- Horace W. Smith
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1865
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- REVOLUTIONARY WAR;
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