Jun 21, 2016 - Sale 2420

Sale 2420 - Lot 120

Price Realized: $ 1,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200
(COLONIAL WARS.) [Alexander, William, "Lord Stirling"?] The Conduct of Major Gen. Shirley . . . in North America bound with Motives for a Peace with England. viii, 130, [1]; [21] pages. 8vo, modern 1/4 calf; minor foxing. London, 1758, 1757

Additional Details

A defense of William Shirley's conduct as a general in the French and Indian War, in which he had feuded with Sir William Johnson and other colonial leaders in an unsuccessful drive to take Fort Niagara. Howes A123 ("aa"); Sabin 80544.