Books on Benedict Arnold
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    Abbatt, William:  The Crisis Of The Revolution Being The Story of Arnold and Andre.  Harrison, NY: Harbor Hill Books, 1976. Reprint of 1976. Fine in dark blue cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. A prior owner's book plate is pasted to the front paste down. In a near fine, price clipped dust jacket with the spine area very slightly faded. 119 pages of text followed by 72 pages of plates of photographic illustrations and maps. With illustrations from original photographs by Edwin S. Bennett together with numerous maps showing Major Andre's route. The author provides an extremely well detailed account of Major Andre's fateful meeting with Arnold, his efforts to escape back to the British lines, his capture and ultimate execution. The original publication, first printed 1899, is considered "mildly scarce" by Howes. (Howes A-3; Gephart 7792) Reprinted with the added information contained in the 1909 and 1915 supplements to the original edition.
    TB32779  $75.00




  • Allyn, Charles:  The Battle of Groton Heights: A collection of Narratives, Official Reports, Records, Etc. of the Storming of Fort Griswold.....  New London, Conn.: Self-published, 1882. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Good in its original green cloth covered boards with black end sheets. The spine is decorated with gilt text and a gilt image of the Groton Heights Memorial. The front board is decorated with a bird's eye view of the ramparts of the fort. Much of the green coating on the boards has been nibbled away by insects. The front and rear hinges and joints are tight and without any weakness. The binding remains strong. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine is rubbed and the cloth at the lower tip of the front board is worn through. There are no prior ownership markings of any kind in this volume. Laid-in near the front of the book is a leaf printed on both sides advertising the Centennial Medal commemorating the Battle of Groton Heights. The full title reads: "The Battle of Groton Heights: A collection of Narratives, Official Reports, Records, Etc. of the Storming of Fort Griswold, the Massacre of its garrison, and the burning of New London by British Troops Under the Command of Benedict Arnold, on the Sixth of September, 1781." With an introduction by William W. Harris. Only 100 copies of the original printing of this title were produced in 1870 under the name William Harris. This edition was revised from the first edition by Charles Allyn with additional notes and enlarged. Illustrated with engravings, maps and with a map frontispiece. 399 pages including an index, appendix and text. (Howes, H-240; Gephart 6380; Armstrong 4030)
    TB28556  $325.00



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    Author Unknown:  Conspiracy Of Arnold, And Sir Henry Clinton Against The United States and Against General Washington.  North Stratford, NH: Ayer Company Publisher, Inc., (2000). Reprint of 2000. Fine in red cloth covered boards with black text on the spine. An octavo of 8 3/4 by 6 inches. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. 63 pages of text followed by 4 pages of other volumes in the Arno Press Collection of Historical Perspectives. This title is a facsimile reprint of 1972 Arno Press, Inc. reprint of the original publication which appeared in The American Register Vol. II of 1917. Although the introduction to this reprint is written in the first person there is unfortunately no name at its conclusion to be able to attribute authorship to anyone for this deeply detailed account of Andre's capture and subsequent trial.
    TB32777  $35.00



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    Bird, Harrison:  Attack on Quebec The American Invasion of Canada 1775-1776.  New York: Oxford University Press, 1968. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in brown cloth covered boards with light blue text stamping on the spine and map end papers. An octavo measuring 8 1/4 by 5 1/2 inches with a blank prior owner's book plate on the fly title page.. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket with a hint of wear to the upper edge of the spine area. A retelling of the facts behind Benedict Arnold's march through Maine to attack the British fort at Quebec. 255 pages including an index, a note on sources, chronology and text. Illustrated with maps and reproductions of contemporary works of art.
    TB33106  $40.00



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    Chapman, John Jay:  The Treason and Death of Benedict Arnold, a Play for a Greek Theatre.  New York: Moffat, Yard & Company, 1910. First Edition. Very good+ in charcoal gray paper covered boards with printed, paper title labels on the spine and on the front board and with the top edge of the text block gilt. A small octavo of 8 by 5 inches with faint dampness stains on the outer edges of the front board with dampness stains to the margins of pages 17 through 24 and pages 41 through 48 with no impact on the printed text. There is a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down. Signed and inscribed to a "Miss Katherine _?___ | from John Jay Chapman" and dated "Oct 27 1911" on the fly title page. 75 pages of script followed by a one page add for other books by the author
    TB29824  $40.00



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    Darley, Stephen:  Voices Waiting To Be Heard Nineteen Eyewitness Accounts of Arnold's 1775 March to Quebec.  Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse, (2021). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in dark blue paper covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. 343 pages including an index, bibliography, end notes and text. Illustrated with two maps, facsimiles of documentation, and earlier works of art. An extremely fine, collectible copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32762  $35.00



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    Edelberg, Cynthia Dubin:  Jonathan Odell Loyalist Poet of the American Revolution.  Durham, N.C.: Duke University Press, 1987. First Edition, First Printing. Fine in bright red cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. 205 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Odell took an active part in the cabal between Benedict Arnold and John Andre acting as Andre's intermediary with Arnold's intermediary, Joseph Stansbury a china retailer in Philadelphia.
    TB32806  $25.00



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    Hart, Albert Bushnell, Editor:  The Varick Court of Inquiry To Investigate The Implication of Colonel Varick (Arnold's Private Secretary) In The Arnold Treason.  Boston: The Bibliophile Society, 1907. First Edition, Limited Edition. Fine recently rebound in black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamped on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 7 inches with the top edge of the text block gilt and with a prior owner's name in ink on the second free end page and date of 1927. Without a dust jacket. One of only 470 copies printed. The elaborate engraved title page is signed in pencil by its artist, J. A. J. Wilcox, Laid-in is the 3 page prospectus advertising the publication of this title. 217 pages of text including an index. Illustrated with a frontispiece engraving of Colonel Richard Varick with a printed tissue guard, an engraved title page signed by the engraver/illustrator J. A. J. Wilcox and with engraved vignettes throughout and six, fold-out facsimiles of original correspondence examined during the trial. (Howes, H-256; Gephart, 14625)
    TB32766  $150.00



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    Lefkowitz, Arthur S.:  Benedict Arnold in the Company of Heroes.  El Dorado Hills, Calif.: Savas Beatie, (2012). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in black paper covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 294 pages including an index, bibliography and text. Illustrated throughout with maps, photographs and reproductions of contemporary works of art.
    TB29224  $25.00



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    Lehman, Eric C.:  Homegrown Terror Benedict Arnold and the Burning of New London.  Middletown, Conn.: Wesleyan University Press, (2014). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in /14 dark brown cloth and burnt orange paper covered boards with bold gilt text on the spine. A small quarto measuring 9" by 6". In a fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket. 261 pages including an index, bibliographic chapter notes and text. Illustrated with maps, reproductions of contemporary works of art and black and white photographs.
    TB33265  $25.00



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    Loomis, Seymour C. George F. Burgess, George H. Ford, Earnest C. Simpson and William S. Wells:  Revolutionary Characters of New Haven The Subject of Addresses and Papers Delivered before the General David Humphreys Branch, No. l.  New Haven: General David Humpreys Branch, Connecticut Society Sons of the American Revolution, 1911. First Edition, First printing. Near fine in royal blue cloth covered boards with very slightly tarnished gilt text stamping on the front board. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine and over the tips of the boards is lightly rubbed and very slightly worn. A small quarto measuring 9 3/8 by 6 inches containing 124 pages of text and illustrated with several black and white photographs and a map of the attack on New Haven by the British. The full title reads: "Revolutionary Characters of New Haven: The Subject of Addresses and Papers Delivered before the General David Humphreys Branch, No.l Also List of Men so far as they are Known from the Territory Embraced in the Town of New Haven, Connecticut, who served in the Continental Army and Militia and on Continental and State Vessels and Privateers, and those who Rendered other Patriotic Services during the War of the Revolution, and a Record of Known Casualties, together with the Location of Known Graves in and about New Haven of Patriots of 1775-1783 and Catalogue of the Officers and Members of Gen. David Humphreys Branch since its Organization." In addition to providing short biographies of James Hillhouse, Ezra Stiles, David Wooster, John Trumbull, Noah Webster, David Humphreys and the early career of Benedict Arnold the author also provides a thorough account of "The Defense of New Haven and Resistance Made Against Invading Troops Along the West Shore, July, 1779."
    TB32546  $40.00




  • Randall, Willard Sterne:  Benedict Arnold: Patriot and Traitor.  New York: Wm. Morrow & Company, 1990. Second Printing. Near fine in 1/4 cloth and paper covered boards with slight fading around the edges of the boards and with a prior owner's book plate on the front paste down under the dust jacket flap. In a very good unclipped dust jacket with minor wrinkling at the ends of the spine area. A biography of Benedict Arnold by an award winning journalist and a recognized historian who has uncovered new materials to help resolve the mystery of why Arnold may have changed sides. Illustrated with a section of black and white photographs and maps.
    TB20105  $25.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Rabble In Arms.  New York: Doubleday, Doran, c1933, 1938. Reprint of 1938. Fine in its original dark blue decorated cloth covered boards with bright gilt text on the spine and a gilt eagle on the front board with map end sheets. A small quarto of 7 1/2 by 5 1/4 inches. In a near fine, unclipped dust jacket with art by N. C. Wyeth. This is a splendid copy with only a tiny amount of rubbing to the upper fore corner of the front panel. Signed by the author on the title page without an inscription or date. 870 pages of text followed by four pages of ads by the publisher for other Kenneth Roberts' titles. A beautiful, tight clean copy with no prior ownership markings of any kind.
    TB32228  $175.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  March to Quebec.  Garden City: Doubleday Doran, 1946. Reprint of May, 1946. Near fine in light tan buckram cloth covered boards with a gilt on black title block on the spine with map end sheets. A small octavo of 7 3/4 by 5 1/2 inches with a minor scuff mark to the front board. In a very good+, price clipped dust jacket with minor shallow chips to the upper edge of the spine area and light soiling to the panels. Contains the modifications and additions made by Roberts up to March, 1945 to include the John Pierce Journal. 722 pages including an index.
    TB32234  $125.00



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    Roberts, Kenneth:  Rabble In Arms.  Camden, Maine: Down East Books, (1996). Fifth Printing. Fine in heavy, printed paper wraps over an adhesive binding. An octavo of 8 1/4 by 5 3/8 inches. Without a dust jacket as issued. An historical fiction novel which centers around the early years of the American Revolution and the American retreat from Canada 586 pages of text.
    TB31878  $15.00



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    Ronald, D. A. B:  The Life Of John Andre The Redcoat Who Turned Benedict Arnold.   Philadelphia: Casemate, (2019). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in bright red cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. An octavo of 9 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped (no price), dust jacket. 336 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated throughout with maps and reproductions of earlier works of art.
    TB32807  $20.00



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    Sargent, Winthrop:  The Life And Career Of Major John Andre, Adjutant-General Of The British Army In America.  Boston: Ticknor And Fields, 1861. First Edition. Very good+ in its original blind embossed, brown cloth covered boards with tarnished gilt text on the spine. A small octavo of 7 1/2 by 5 inches with wear to the cloth at the head and heel of the spine and to the cloth over the tips of the boards and with a gift inscription of "Sept. 9 1863" on the secrond free end page. 471 pages of text and appendices followed by 16 pages of ads from Ticknor and Fields illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Major Andre from an engraving.and a map of the lower east side of the North (Hudson) River. (Howes, S-113; Sabin, 77043)
    TB32868  $375.00



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    Smith, Justin H.:  Arnold's March from Cambridge to Quebec.  New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1903. First Edition, First printing. Very good in dark green pebbled cloth covered boards with gilt text on the spine. The cloth at the head and heel of the spine shows modest fading and there are minor tape stains on the front paste down where a picture post card of the Arnold Memorial Rock at Bigham was taped. The second to last free end page of the text has been torn away the loss of which is of little consequence. An octavo measuring 8 1/8" tall by 5 3/8" deep. Without a dust jacket. 498 pages including an index followed by a one page ad from the publisher. Illustrated with eighteen maps. The author makes a meticulous examination of the details to uncover Arnold's exact route through Maine and lower Canada to attack Quebec. (Gephart, 6014)
    TB21851  $200.00



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    Stanley, George F. G.:  Canada Invaded 1775-1776.  Toronto: A. M. Hakkert Ltd., c1973. Reprint of 1977. Near fine in yellow cloth covered boards with black text on the spine. In a near fine, unclipped (no price) dust jacket with light wear to the ends of the spine area and with a small sticker labeled "Nation Museums of Canada" Historical Publications Number 8 of the Canadian War Museum. A small quarto measuring 9 34/ by 6 1/4 inches containing 186 pages including an index, footnotes, bibliographical notes, appendices, text and illustrated with images from photographs, maps and reproductions of contemporary art work.
    TB33553  $40.00



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    Stevens, John Austin:  The Expedition of Lafayette Against Arnold.  Baltimore, Md: Peabody Publication Fund, 1878. First Edition. Very good+ in printed, paper wraps over a sewn and glued binding. A small quarto of 9 1/2 by 6 inches with the paper over the spine worn and rubbed yet the binding remains strong. The contents are clean and bright with no prior ownership markings of any kind. "A Paper read before the Maryland Historical Society on January 14th, 1878" by the author. 36 pages of text. The pages remain un-opened. The title page is printed in red and black.
    TB32923  $50.00



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    Tillotson, Harry Stanton:  The Beloved Spy The Life and Loves of Major John Andre.  Caldwell, Idaho: The Caxton Printers, Ltd., 1948. First edition, Signed limited edition. Near fine in decorated light rede cloth covered boards with tarnished gilt text and decorations on the spine. A small quarto of 9 1/4 by 6 1/4 inches with minor white markings on the front board with a few of the pages roughly opened. In a poor, unclipped dust jacket with large multiple chips on the panels, the spine area faded with tape repairs. Signed by the author on the copyright page and numbered 38 out of only 1,000 copies of the signed limited edition printed. The first free end page is also signed, dated and inscribed by the publisher on the first free end page. 199 pages including an index, bibliography, text and illustrated with a frontispiece of Andre from an engraving and 18 plates from photographs or earlier works of art.
    TB32738  $100.00



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    Walsh, John Evangelist:  The Execution of Major Andre.  New York: Palgrave for St. Martin's Press, (2001). First Edition, First Printing. Fine in blue paper covered boards with metallic red text stamped on the spine. A small quarto of 9 3/16 by 6 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 239 pages including an index, bibliography, chapter notes and text. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait of Andre from an engraving and images throughout from earlier works of art and from black and white photographs.
    TB32776  $40.00






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