On this page are the 47 titles about the events and times of the American Revolution that are in stock at Ray Boas, Bookseller, in Walpole, NH on January 1, 2009. Make a note of the order number in ( ) before the price, and place your order at any time. Thank you, RAY

1. REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONERS - A TRANSCRIPT OF THE PENSION LIST OF THE UNITED STATES FOR 1813, Southern Book Company, Baltimore, 1959, 47pp, very good, wraps (softcover), A facsimile reprint of the 1813 pension list, "shewing (sic) the Number of Pensioners in the Several Districts. Also, The Amount Allowed to Each Pensioner.", (Order No: 35940 ), $25.00

2. THE PULSE OF THE PEOPLE: NEW JERSEY, 1763-1789, New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ, (1976), B&W illustrations, 268pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), With emphasis on the arts and decorative arts, this exhibition catalogue provides a broad view of life in New Jersey within the framework of political and military events of the revolutionary war period., (Order No: 23714 ), $12.50

3. Agniel, Lucien, THE LATE AFFAIR HAS ALMOST BROKE MY HEART - THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN THE SOUTH 1780-1781, The Chatham Press, Inc., Riverside, CT, (1972), B&W illustrations, 159pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0856990361 This volume unfolds the dramatic story of the last two years of the Revolution., (Order No: 43751 ), $10.00

4. Akers, Charles W., THE DIVINE POLITICIAN: SAMUEL COOPER AND THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN BOSTON, Northeastern University Pr., Boston, MA, 1982 1st ptg, 20 B&W ill., 445pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), ISBN 0930350197 A full-length account of the life of Samuel Cooper., (Order No: 13525 ), $12.00

5. Alden, John R., A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: BRITAIN AND THE LOSS OF THE THIRTEEN COLONIES, Macdonald and Co., Ltd., London, (1969), B&W illustrations, 541pp, index, good++, black cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, ISBN 0356028364, (Order No: 55261 ), $10.00

6. Allen, Ethan; Pell, John (introductory note by); Crawford, Will (illustrations by), A NARRATIVE OF COLONEL ETHAN ALLEN'S CAPTIVITY CONTAINING HIS VOYAGES & TRAVELS, The Fort Ticonderoga Museum, New York, 1930, B&W illustrations, 134pp, good, brown cloth spine (hardcover) many unopened pages, One of 540 copies. Contents include: Introductory Note; Preface to the Walpole, NH edition; Introduction by Ethan Allen; A Narrative, &c.; Bibliography: Writings of Ethan Allen; and, List of Editions of the Narrative., (Order No: 53377 ), $40.00

7. Alsop, Susan Mary, YANKEES AT THE COURT: THE FIRST AMERICANS IN PARIS, Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, NY, 1982 1st ed, B&W and color illustrations, 319pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0385156359 Critical times call for unusual and urgent measures. Such are the years 1775-85, which turn colonists into rebels, rebels into statesmen, and statesmen into ambassadors. In this volume, the court is Versailles and the Yankees are America's first diplomats., (Order No: 32227 ), $4.00

8. Barrett, James Francis, THE LOYALIST: A STORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, P. J. Kenedy & Sons, New York, (1920), 388pp, very good (hardcover) (lightly chipped/trimmed dustjacket), "Historical facts constitute the background of this story. Its hero and its heroine are, of course, fictitious; but the deportment of General Arnold, the Shippen family, the several military and civic personages throughout the story is described, for the most part, accurately and in conformity with the sober truths of history.", (Order No: 32340 ), $35.00

9. Becker, Carl (introduction by Wayne LaPierre), THE EVE OF REVOLUTION: A CHRONICLE OF THE BREACH WITH ENGLAND - THE AMERICAN HERITAGE LIBRARY, Palladium Press, Birmingham, AL, (2004), 267pp, fine, full brown leather, gilt stampings (hardcover), Originally published in 1921. Special edition published for the National Rifle Association (NRA)., (Order No: 53846 ), $25.00

10. Bendiner, Elmer, THE VIRGIN DIPLOMATS, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 1976 1st ed, 267pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's inscription, ISBN 0394489772 "The adventures - and misadventures - of our first ambassadors, the American agents, who by secret intrigue and public politicking in the courts of Europe helped to win the American Revolution.", (Order No: 4196 ), $5.00

11. Black, Jeannette D. and Roelker, William Greene (preface by Lawrence C. Wroth), A RHODE ISLAND CHAPLAIN IN THE REVOLUTION - LETTERS OF EBENEZER DAVID TO NICHOLAS BROWN 1775-1778, RI Society of the Cincinnati, Providence, RI, 1949, B&W illustrations, 82pp, very good, green cloth spine (hardcover), These letters give us information about the life and activities of a chaplain in the Continental Army, and they contain some excellent descriptions of action in various theatres of the Revolutionary War in which Rhode Island troops played a part., (Order No: 51057 ), $25.00

12. Boas, Norman Francis, STONINGTON DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, Seaport Autographs, Mystic, CT, (1990) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 195pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover), Unique with the history of an entire town (Stonington, Connecticut) during the American Revolution, with 300 service records of soldiers and illustrated with photos and ove 60 original war documents. Also includes a description of the British naval attach on the town, the first on the shores of America., (Order No: 22731 ), $25.00

13. Bostwick, Frank J., SEPARATE BEACHHEADS: THE BOSTOCK CHRONICLES OF LOYALIST ADVENTURES II, Loyalist House, Stanhope, Canada, (1987), ill. & maps by the author, 142pp, very good, wraps (softcover) signed by the author, ISBN 0969229218, (Order No: 44602 ), $15.00

14. Brown, Richard Maxwell and Fehrenbacher, Don E. (edited by), TRADITION, CONFLICT, AND MODERNIZATION: PERSPECTIVES ON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, Academic Press, New York, (1977), 130pp, very good w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0121376508 Important new views on the American Revolution from five distinquished scholars are presented in this volume. Their essays - featuring significant themes of tradition, social conflict and change, and modernization - approach history from the interdisciplinary perspective of the social sciences. Included are essays by: Michael Kammen, Charles Tilly, Richard Maxwell Brown, and Kenneth A. Lockridge., (Order No: 37153 ), $35.00

15. Cox, Marian Buckley, GLIMPSE OF GLORY: GEORGE MASON OF GUNSTON HALL, Garrett & Massie, Inc., Richmond, VA, (1954), drawings by Elmo Jones, 254pp, good, light blue cloth (hardcover) (no dustjacket), (Order No: 5560 ), $7.50

16. Cutler, Charles L., CONNECTICUT'S REVOLUTIONARY PRESS, The Pequot Press, Chester, CT, 1975 1st ptg, 61pp, fine, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0871060639 Connecticut Bicentennial Series, XIV., (Order No: 43365 ), $20.00

17. Eller, Ernest McNeill (editor), CHESAPEAKE BAY IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, Tidewater Publishers, Centreville, MD, (1981) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 600pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0870332554 Chesapeake Bay was the veritable heartland of eighteenth century and revolutionary America. This is the first volume to deal comprehensively with the war in the Bay region beginning with Lord Dunmore's naval activities in 1775-76 and ending with the climatic naval and land operation at Yorktown in October 1781. UNCOMMON TITLE., (Order No: 54778 ), $150.00

18. French, Allen, THE DAY OF CONCORD AND LEXINGTON - THE NINETEENTH OF APRIL, 1775, n.p., n.p., orig pub 1925, B&W illustrations, 295pp, very good+, maroon cloth (hardcover), (Order No: 55953 ), $10.00

19. Glover, John; Knight, Russell W. (edited with an introduction by); Whitehill, Walter Muir (foreword by), GENERAL JOHN GLOVER'S LETTERBOOK 1776-1777, Essex Institute, Salem, MA, 1976, B&W ill., color frontis, 64pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover) owner's name, General Glover, a great New England patriot and hero, was one of the most important American military figures of the Revolutionary War. It was Glover who, with his troop of Marblehead militia, safely ferried George Washington and 2400 men across the Delaware River to Trenton, Christmas night in 1776. This letterbook provides a vivid picture of his activities during the years 1776-1777, starting shortly after the Evacuation of Long Island and leading up to the surrender of Burgoyne's troops at Saratoga., (Order No: 47051 ), $150.00

20. Hammond, Isaac W. (compiled and edited by), STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ROLLS OF THE SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, MAY, 1777, TO 1780 - VOLUME II OF WAR ROLLS, Parsons B. Cogswell, Printer, Concord, NH, 1886, 847pp, good, black cloth (hardcover) EX-LIB, old hinge repairs, "WITH AN APPENDIX, EMBRACING NAMES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE MEN IN MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENTS." Volum II of Wall Rolls, Volume XV of the Series. "This volume contains the rolls of the soldiers who served in the Revolutionary war from this state from May, 1777, to January, 1789, so far as the same are in the archives of the state, or could be obtained elsewhere by the editor.", (Order No: 49135 ), $175.00

21. Hammond, Isaac W. (compiled and edited by), STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE. ROLLS AND DOCUMENTS OF THE SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR FOUR VOLUME SET COMPLETE-SERIES VOLS 14-17, good, black cloth (hardcover) light edgewear, Volumes XIV, XV, XVI, and XVII of the series; and Volumes I, II, III, and IV of the War Rolls. Complete set comprising: Volume I, ROLLS OF THE SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, 1775, TO MAY, 1777; WITH AN APPENDIX, EMBRACING DIARIES OF LIEUT. JONATHAN BURTON., Parsons, B. Cogswell, State Printer, Concord, NH, 1885, 799pp; Volume II, ROLLS OF THE SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, MAY, 1777, TO 1780: WITH AN APPENDIX, EMBRACING NAMES OF NEW HAMPSHIRE MEN IN MASSACHUSETTS REGIMENTS, Parsons B. Cogswell, State Printer, Concord, NH, 1886, 847pp; Volume III, ROLLS AND DOCUMENTS RELATING TO SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, WITH AN APPENDIX, EMBRACING SOME INDIAN AND FRENCH WAR ROLLS, John B. Clarke, Public Printer, Manchester, NH, 1887, 1021pp; and, PART I. ROLLS AND DOCUMENTS RELATING TO SOLDIERS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. PART II. MISCELLANEOUS PROVINCIAL PAPERS, FROM 1629-1725, John B. Clarke, Public Printer, Manchester, NH, 1889, 819pp., (Order No: 51428 ), $500.00

22. Headley, J. T., WASHINGTON AND HIS GENERALS: VOLUME I AND VOLUME II - TWO VOLUME SET COMPLETE, The Academy of Honor Press, Yorklyn, DE, B&W and color illustrations, very good+ w/very good dustjackets (hardcover), First published in 1847. Volume I, 1998, 317pp; and, Volume II, 1999, 344pp., (Order No: 55095 ), $25.00

23. Hirschfeld, Burt, THE GLORIOUS STRUGGLE: HOW THE UNITED STATES BECAME A NATION, Hawthorn Books, Inc., New York, (1967) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 220pp, very good w/chipped dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 15042 ), $7.50

24. Kidder, Frederic and Baker, Henry Moore (with a new introduction by Richard F. Upton), HISTORY OF THE FIRST NEW HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT IN THE WAR OF THE REVOLUTION AND NEW HAMPSHIRE AT THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL, Peter E. Randall, Publisher, Hampton, NH, 1975 2nd ptg, 184pp; 23pp, very good+, green cloth (hardcover), Two Volumes reprinted in One. Kidder's history was originally published in 1868; and, Baker's in 1903., (Order No: 53886 ), $45.00

25. Lewis, Paul, THE MAN WHO LOST AMERICA: A BIOGRAPHY OF GENTLEMAN JOHNNY BURGOYNE, The Dial Press, New York, 1973 1st ptg, 282pp, good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), This is the story of Burgoyne's life., (Order No: 25444 ), $6.00

26. Maas, David E. (compiled and edited by), DIVIDED HEARTS - MASSACHUSETTS LOYALISTS 1765-1790: A BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY, Soc Colonial Waers in Mass, n.p., (1980), 169pp, very good, wraps (softcover), (Order No: 54786 ), $40.00

27. Massachusetts Society of the Sons of the American Revolution, SOLDIERS AND SAILORS WHOSE GRAVES HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED BY THE MARKER OF THE SOCIETY, Published by the Society, Boston, MA, 1901, 68pp, good+, gray cloth (hardcover), Nice clean and tight copy., (Order No: 49423 ), $35.00

28. Miller, Lillian B. (text by), THE DYE IS NOW CAST: THE ROAD TO AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, 1774-1776, Smithsonian Institution Pr., Washington, D.C., (1976) 2nd ptg, B&W and color illustrations, 328pp, very good+ w/very good+ dustjacket (hardcover), Focuses on portraits and biographies of the men and women who influenced the events leading to the American Revolution. It extends the historical coverage set forth in the exhibition of the same title held at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington in 1975., (Order No: 38412 ), $15.00

29. Morrissey, Brendan, YORKTOWN 1781: THE WORLD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN - PRAEGER ILLUSTRATED MILITARY HISTORY SERIES, Praeger, Westport, CT, (2004), B&W and color illustrations, 96pp, fine, pictorial boards (hardcover), ISBN 0275984575, (Order No: 52438 ), $7.50

30. Nebenzahl, Kenneth, A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF PRINTED BATTLE PLANS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION 1775-1795, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL, (1975), 159pp, very good+ w/good+ dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0226569586, (Order No: 55704 ), $7.50

31. Palmer, R. R., THE WORLD OF THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, Harper & Row, Publishers, New York, (1971) 1st US, B&W frontis, 282pp, very good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), The author studies the European world before 1789, gives a history of the French Revolution in France itself, and then explores its monumental impact on European society., (Order No: 16456 ), $6.50

32. Pearsall, Thomas I., NORTH HAVEN IN THE REVOLUTION, North Haven Bicentennial Com, North Haven, CT, (1976), 92pp, very good+, wraps (softcover), In this collection of articles on the Revolutionary period, the author's intent is to shed some light upon the lives of those early residents of rural North Haven, Connecticut, who waged a long and bitter struggle to throw off a tyranny they could no longer tolerate., (Order No: 40483 ), $35.00

33. Pearson, Kenneth (introduction by); Hamilton, C. D. (foreword by), 1775 THE BRITISH STORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, 1976, B&W illustrations, 231pp, very good, wraps (softcover), ISBN 0723001472 Catalogue of the exhibition held 14 April to 2 October 1976 to celebrate the US bicentennial in the UK., (Order No: 48433 ), $5.00

34. Piltz, Thomas (editor), 1776-1976: TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF GERMAN-AMERICAN RELATIONS, Heinz Moos Verlag, Munchen, (1975), 391 ill. and plates, 188pp, very good+ w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 3787900926 America has had a great influence on Germany and the Federal Republic. This bilingual publication offers an overview of the cross currents-the give and take-that have affected nearly all areas of private and public life in both lands. Through text, illustrations and photographs, the book depicts the most notable milestones of these interrelationships., (Order No: 10451 ), $7.50

35. Powell, Wm. H. (Colonel, US Army) (compiled from the official records by), LIST OF OFFICERS OF THE ARMY OF THE UNITED STATES FROM 1779 TO 1900, L. R. Hamersly & Co., New York, 1900, 863pp, ads, very good, blue/green cloth (hardcover) light fading to cloth, "Embracing a Register of all Appointments by the President of the United States in the Volunteer Service During the Civil War and of Volunteer Officers in the Service of the United States June 1, 1900." Includes General Officers of the Continental Army of the Revolution, and Appointments 1861-65., (Order No: 50815 ), $250.00

36. Preston, Antony; Lyon, David; and, Batchelor, John H. (edited by S. L. Mayer), NAVIES OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, Prentice-Hall Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ, (1975), B&W and color illustrations, 160pp, very good w/very good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 01361077454 Contents include: A Maritime War; The Ships; The Weapons; The Men; and, The Navies., (Order No: 3755 ), $7.50

37. Rowe, Robert H., QUEST FOR LIBERTY, Peter E. Randall Publisher, Portsmouth, NH, 2001, 216pp, fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) inscribed by the author, ISBN 0914339923 "An historical novel chronicling the beginning of the Revolutionary War through the experiences of two men from Amherst, New Hampshire, one a warrior, the other a pacifist.", (Order No: 50350 ), $12.00

38. Scheer, George F. and Rankin, Hugh F., REBELS AND REDCOATS: THE LIVING STORY OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, OH, (1957) 1st ed, 19 B&W maps, 573pp, very good, red cloth (hardcover) no dustjacket, Here is the American Revolution, the epic struggle that brought forth a new nation, told in a great measure by those who fought and lived in it--coming to life again in the actual words of its fighting men, its clay-pipe politicians, its foreign mercenaries, its determined redcoats, and its civilian men and women., (Order No: 17280 ), $10.00

39. Shafer, Robert E., THE REDEMPTIONER: A DRAMA OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION IN 4 ACTS, Robert E. Shafer, n.p., (1964), 62pp, very good, wraps (softcover) signed by the author, Scenes, action and dialogue of this Revolutionary War drama are based on historic fact., (Order No: 44661 ), $15.00

40. Smith, Dwight L. (editor); Simmerman, Terry A. (assistant editor); Morris, Richard B. (introduction), ERA OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: A BIBLIOGRAPHY, ABC - Clio Press, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA, (1975), 381pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0874361788 Selective bibliography of 1400 abstracts of articles published worldwide from 1954 through 1973., (Order No: 37275 ), $25.00

41. Smith, Samuel Abbot, WEST CAMBRIDGE 1775 - THIRD EDITION, Arlington Historical Society, Arlington, MA, 1974, 68pp, good w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "The dramatic account of the events that took place in Arlington - Menotomy, on the first day of the American Revolution - where more troops were engaged, and more casualties suffered than in Lexington or Concord." A facsimile of the original 1864 edition which was an address presented, and published by Alfred Mudge & Sons., (Order No: 49073 ), $15.00

42. Stout, Neil R., THE PERFECT CRISIS: THE BEGINNING OF THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, New York University Press, New York, 1976, B&W ill., maps, 206pp, good w/good dustjacket (hardcover), ISBN 0814777740 In this important new look at the beginning of the revolutionary war, the author focuses on the period between the Boston Tea Party and the Battle of Lexington as the critical turning point in the rebellion and uncovers the campaigns of propaganda and terrorism and the political movements toward representative government in the colonies prior to April 19, 1775, to reveal a nation already in a state of civil war., (Order No: 18736 ), $14.50

43. Sullivan, Joseph T. P. (edited by), THE SHERIFF'S JURY AND THE BICENTENNIAL JANUARY 30, 1976, Second Panel Sheriff's Jury, New York, (1976), B&W ill., color frontis, 184pp, very good+, blue cloth, teg (hardcover) no slipcase, New York City in the colonial period and the American Revolution., (Order No: 30117 ), $12.50

44. Tharp, Louise Hall, THE BARONESS AND THE GENERAL, Little, Brown and Company, Boston, MA, (1962) 1st ed, B&W illustrations, 458pp, good+ w/lightly chipped dustjacket (hardcover), "Her wit, courage and beauty made the war more bearable for the General, 'Gentleman Johnny, ' Mr. Jefferson and others." This is the story of the extraordinary life of the Baroness Frederika von Riedesel, wife of the German general who commanded Britain's mercenary troops in the American Revolution., (Order No: 15125 ), $5.00

45. Warwick, Charles F., MIRABEAU AND THE FRENCH REVOLUTION, George W. Jacobs & Company, Philadelphia, (1905), 16 B&W ill., 483pp, good+, green cloth, teg (hardcover), (Order No: 9978 ), $12.50

46. Wells, Peter, THE AMERICAN WAR OF INDEPENDENCE, Funk & Wagnalls, New York, (1967) 1st Amer, 232pp, good+ w/good dustjacket (hardcover), (Order No: 9147 ), $10.00

47. Wrong, George M. (introduction by Wayne LaPierre), WASHINGTON AND HIS COMRADES IN ARMS: A CHRONICLE OF THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE - THE AMERICAN HERITAGE LIBRARY, Palladium Press, Birmingham, AL, (2004), 295pp, fine, full brown leather, gilt stampings (hardcover), Originally published in 1921. Special edition published for the National Rifle Association. (NRA)., (Order No: 53851 ), $40.00

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