拍品 112
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GREEK WAR OF INDEPENDENCE. TWO WORKS PRINTED IN NEW YORK IN 1823 AND 1826

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1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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描述

  • Two American pamphlets: the first an appeal by the New York Greek Fund to citizens of the United States, the second regarding a dispute over two warships.
[Bayard, William and Charles King] Address of the committee of the Greek Fund, of the city of New York, to their fellow citizens throughout the United States. New York: W.J. Palmer, 1823, FIRST EDITION, 8vo (210 x 130mm.), 14pp., final blank, [Droulia 365; Sabin 54045; Not in Blackmer], water-stained, without wrappersContostavlos [Kontostavlos], Alexander. A narrative of the material facts in relation to the building of the two Greek frigates. New York: 1826, FIRST EDITION, 8vo (235 x 135mm.), 88pp., author's copyright notice pasted to verso of title, errata slip pasted at foot of p.88, original printed drab wrappers, [Blackmer 923; Droulia 1119; Sabin 16173], light browning and spotting, some marginal worming (not affecting text), wrappers worn, lower wrapper detached

Condition

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拍品資料及來源

BOTH WORKS ARE RARE. The first is an appeal by the New York Greek Fund committee to citizens of the United States to support Greece in its struggle for independence. The second work regards a financial dispute over two frigates negotiated with an American shipyard in New York City intended to secure Greece's independence as part of a new navy.