Author: WRIGHT, ESMOND (COMPILER & EDITOR)
Title: The Fire of Liberty
Description: London: The Folio Society, 1983. Hardcover. A collection of writings: diary entries, letters, speeches and other historical documents by those who participated in the American Revolution in the years between 1774 to 1783. These writings were compiled and edited by Esmond Wright, with his introduction. Illustrated liberally throughout and at endpapers with color and black & white period drawings, paintings and maps. --- In full red cloth-covered boards with the Great Seal of the United States in silver on a blue cover shield; spine titling in silver and blue. Volume wrapped in blue and white slipcase which is adorned with a wrap-around illustration of a Revolutionary War battle scene. --- A clean, tightly-bound, bright copy, though with prior owner's circular embossed stamp to title page. Slipcase with full-length tear along one joint, some chafing to extremities, but mostly intact and able to protect the book.; Tall Octavo - 9 to 10 in. tall ; [5], 4-256 pages. Very Good+ .

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