The Yorktown Campaign and the Surrender of Cornwallis 1781.
New York: Harper & Brothers, ca. 1922. Later edition. Hardcover. Royal 8vo. [3], 6-206, [2] pp. Blue cloth ruled in black with gold lettering on the front board and spine. Illustrated by a frontispiece of Trumbull's "Surrender of Cornwallis", several in-text illustrations, six full-page illustrations, and five maps. Special edition for Comte de Grasse Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution Yorktown, Virginia. Small collector's tag on the rear pastedown, Charles R. Sanders, Jr. of Halifax County, Virginia. Gephart 6744. Published on the hundred-year anniversary of the Battle of Yorktown, Johnston here discusses the events leading up to the battle, the American strategy, and the movement of the French and British fleets during the campaign. A beautiful copy of Johnston's thorough history of the most decisive conflict of the American Revolutionary War. Near Fine. Item #00009034
A Near Fine book with a touch of spotting to the bottom textblock.
Price: $150.00