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[REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. [BATTLE OF BUNKER / BREED'S HILL]. Sammelband of 8 19th Century Booklets About Bunker Hill. [V.p., 1819-1875].

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[REVOLUTIONARY WAR]. [BATTLE OF BUNKER / BREED'S HILL]. Sammelband of 8 19th Century Booklets About Bunker Hill. [V.p., 1819-1875]. 8vos. Two booklets with maps, one folding. A few booklets with original wrappers. Bound together in late 19th century three-quarter morocco over marbled boards, front board stamped in gilt (with a circled "R"), spine tooled, ruled and lettered in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, marbled endleaves, top edge gilt. PRESUMED FIRST EDITIONS, EXCEPT AS NOTED.

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Light rubbing, faint soiling to binding, text generally toned, foxed, some booklets with ownership signatures, folding map with tears and additional creases. Very good. 

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Titles include: History of the Battle of Breed's Hill by Major-Generals William Heath, Henry Lee, James Wilkinson and Henry Dearborn compiled by Charles Coffin (1835, no wrappers); Who Was the Commander at Bunker Hill?... by S. Swett (1850, wrappers); History of Bunker Hill Battle with a Plan by S. Swett (third edition, 1827, with folding map, later plain wrappers); An Enquiry into the Conduct of General Putnam, in Relation to the Battle of Bunker, or Breed's Hill... by Child (1819, no wrappers); Notes to His Sketch of Bunker-Hill Battle by S. Swett (1825, no wrappers); A Particular Account of the Battle of Bunker, or Breed's Hill... by a Citizen of Boston (1825, plain (later?) wrappers); History of the Battle of Bunker's [Breed's] Hill... by George E. Ellis (1875, wrappers with one-page map); The Command in the Battle of Bunker Hill... by Richard Frothingham, Jr. (1850, wrappers).  

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