Apr 27, 2017 - Sale 2444

Sale 2444 - Lot 20

Price Realized: $ 1,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 500 - $ 750
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1776.) Simes, Thomas. The Military Guide for Young Officers. 2 folding tables. [8], 384 pages. Volume 1 (of 2). 8vo, contemporary calf, moderate wear; early owner's signature on title page. Philadelphia: J. Humphreys, R. Bell, and R. Aitken, 1776

Additional Details

first american edition of a work first published in London in 1772. Original owner James Milligan could be the officer listed in Heitman who served as a lieutenant in Pennsylvania regiments through the end of the war. Evans 15083; Rink, Technical Americana 2106; Sabin 81142.