Buy this book on-line WRIGHT, ESMOND - Compiled,edited and with an introduction by: : THE FIRE OF LIBERTYLONDON.THE FOLIO SOCIETY Limited,1983. ISBN No ISBN.
UK,slim,Royal 8vo HB,minus glassine dw/dj,1st edn. [Originally issued with a glassine dw/dj (a smooth,semi-opaque paper that is air,water and grease resistant)and the Presentation Volume for 1984.The 2nd impression,in 1984,was issued with a white slipcase printed in lilac instead of the dw/dj.] FINE+. No owner inscrptn. UK,Royal 8vo (251 x 160 x 18mm) with bright,crisp,clean and unblemished, sharp-cornered,publisher's original full red cloth impressed with the device of the President of the United States in royal blue and bright,crisp,silver gilt decoration to front board,spine/backstrip with capitalised bright, crisp,blocked silver gilt-lettered title,rear board plain red and undecorated,a red+white striped headband,and contemporary colour pictorial illustration reproduction illustrated endpapers.Top edges coloured pinkish-red,fore-edges a bright,crisp white without blemish or foxing/ spotting; contents bright,tight,clean, solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corner tips,appears unread apart from my own collation.Includes 4-256pp [paginated] includes an Illustrations list/table,an Introduction with footnote Note on text by Professor Esmond Wright,9 chapters interspersed with b/w+colour illustrations: 24pp of colour and monochrome lithographic plates reproducing 40 prints,portraits and paintings from the time of the American Revolution,19 in full colour,two further prints are printed on the endleaves and an Index. Plus [unpaginated] half-title page with pictorial colour print (The Boston Massacre) illustrated frntis to its verso,a b/w male figure illustrated title page and a Contents list/ table.Photoset in 'Monophoto' Van Dijk 12 point spaced 1 point and printed by Jolly & Barber Ltd,Rugby on Cheney offset and Attacker Satin papers.Bound by The Pitman Press,Bath. Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,the book is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation for a book of its 40-year-old age and nature, i.e. minus the dw/dj and/or slipcase(?). It really is an exceptional, exemplary copy for its cleanliness and brightness.
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An anthology of original primary writings by participants in the American Revolution,arranged in chronological order with secondary background material added.
The American Revolution was a political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which thirteen colonies in North America joined together to break from the British Empire,combining to become the United States of America. They first rejected the authority of the Parliament of Great Britain to govern them from overseas without representation,and then expelled all royal officials. By 1774 each colony had established a Provincial Congress or an equivalent governmental institution to govern itself,but still recognized the British Crown and their inclusion in the empire. The British responded by sending combat troops to re-impose direct rule. Through the Second Continental Congress, the Americans then managed the armed conflict in response to the British known as the American Revolutionary War or the American War of Independence,1775-83.
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