The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman | Highly Important Printed and Manuscript Americana

The Passion of American Collectors: Property of Barbara and Ira Lipman | Highly Important Printed and Manuscript Americana

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Findley, William | The Whiskey Rebellion

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April 14, 05:34 PM GMT

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800 - 1,200 USD

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Findley, William

History of the Insurrection in the Four Western Counties of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Printed by Samuel Harrison Smith, 1796


8vo (233 x 144 mm). Repair to title, foxed and browned. Contemporary drab paper boards; rebacked to style, some soiling. In custom slipcase and folding chemise.  


First edition of this contemporary account of the Whiskey Rebellion. 


REFERENCE

ESTC W20462; Evans 30419; Federal Hundred 58; Howes F133; Sabin 24360; Sowerby 532

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