Sep 28, 2023 - Sale 2646

Sale 2646 - Lot 34

Price Realized: $ 406
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(AMERICAN REVOLUTION--1778.) William Howe. The Narrative . . . Relative to his Conduct during his Late Command of the King's Troops in North America. [2], 110 pages. 4to, modern 1/4 over marbled boards in period style; lacking half-title, minimal foxing. London: H. Baldwin, 1780

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Second edition of Howe's response to Galloway's "Letters to a Nobleman." General Howe had been criticized for not attacking the weakened patriot encampment at Valley Forge, and was recalled to England the following spring. Adams, American Controversy 80-43c; Howes H729.