[Rarebooks] fs-Fall of Tobago

[Joe Luttrell]

May we offer,

[THE FALL OF TOBAGO].  The Whole Proceedings on the Trial of
the Hon. Major Henry Fitzroy Stanhope, At a Court Martial Held at
the Horse Guards, In the Month of June, 1783. Taken in Short-Hand
by Joseph Gurney.  Sold by M. Gurney, Bookseller, (No. 128,) in
Holborn [etc.], London, 1783.  Modern marbled wraps, definite
browning and some foxing, particularly to the first leaves, else a
good usable copy; with the errata slip. [72784 ACT] PHOTO:
http://www.meyerbos.com/bookListing.cgi?bookNo=72784     $ 950.00

The rare, sole report of the lengthy, eleven-day court-martial of
Major Stanhope following the capitulation of the English garrison
at Tobago and its ensuing fall to the French in 1781; three copies
in ESTC (one imperfect), none in the United Kingdom.

****************************
   Meyer Boswell Books, Inc.
   Rare and Scholarly Law Exclusively
   2141 Mission Street #302
   San Francisco CA 94110
   415 255 6400
   415 255 6499 FAX
   rarelaw at meyerbos.com
   www.meyerbos.com

   Member, Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America
   and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers