Title: Observations on Some Parts of the Answer of Earl Cornwallis to Sir Henry Clinton's Narrative [and] An Answer to that Part of the Narrative of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton... Author: Clinton, Henry and Charles, 1st Marquis Cornwallis Place: London Publisher: J. Debrett Date: 1783 Description: 2 works bound together. [4], 35, [1], 114; [2], xvi, [6], 260 + [4] ad pp. Errata slip bound in before advertisements. Two folding tables. General half-title for both works together. (8vo) 8x5, later half morocco. First Editions. Presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title: "Sir Henry Clinton's Complim[ents] / Lord Brundenell". Clinton and Cornwallis engaged in a long and bitter public controversy over who was to blame for the British defeat at Yorktown in the fall of 1781. The defeat was a major turning point in the American Revolutionary War. This copy with an intriguing presentation inscription. Howes C499 & C781; Sabin 13754 & 16811 Lot Amendments Condition: Binding worn with front cover coming loose, endpapers stained with a few ownership signatures; half-title trimmed with some loss to inscription, repair to half-title verso; both title-pages a little short at top edge; second vol. lacking 1 leaf of preliminaries according to Howes collation (probably a half-title), a little browning and mild, scattered spotting; very good. Item number: 165570
Title: Observations on Some Parts of the Answer of Earl Cornwallis to Sir Henry Clinton's Narrative [and] An Answer to that Part of the Narrative of Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton... Author: Clinton, Henry and Charles, 1st Marquis Cornwallis Place: London Publisher: J. Debrett Date: 1783 Description: 2 works bound together. [4], 35, [1], 114; [2], xvi, [6], 260 + [4] ad pp. Errata slip bound in before advertisements. Two folding tables. General half-title for both works together. (8vo) 8x5, later half morocco. First Editions. Presentation copy, inscribed on the half-title: "Sir Henry Clinton's Complim[ents] / Lord Brundenell". Clinton and Cornwallis engaged in a long and bitter public controversy over who was to blame for the British defeat at Yorktown in the fall of 1781. The defeat was a major turning point in the American Revolutionary War. This copy with an intriguing presentation inscription. Howes C499 & C781; Sabin 13754 & 16811 Lot Amendments Condition: Binding worn with front cover coming loose, endpapers stained with a few ownership signatures; half-title trimmed with some loss to inscription, repair to half-title verso; both title-pages a little short at top edge; second vol. lacking 1 leaf of preliminaries according to Howes collation (probably a half-title), a little browning and mild, scattered spotting; very good. Item number: 165570
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