Jun 05, 2008 - Sale 2148

Sale 2148 - Lot 23

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(AMERICAN REVOLUTION.) Adams, Hannah. A Summary History of New-England . . . Comprehending a General Sketch of the American War. 8vo, contemporary calf; title browned, minor soiling, dampstaining to rear endpapers; bookplate on front pastedown. With the subscriber's list in the rear. Dedham, MA, 1799

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first edition. One of the few 18th-century American histories of the war, written by "the first woman in America who made literature a profession"--Appleton's Cyclopædia. Evans 35075, Howes A50, Sabin 215.