Books | Internet/Live Auction
Wed, Jan 15, 2020 01:00PM EST
Lot 44
The Proceedings of a General Court Martial
Estimate: $200 - $400
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| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $200 |
| $3,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
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| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
[Held at Chelsea Hospital, On Thursday, January 28, 1808, And continued, by Adjournment, till Tuesday, March 15, For the Trial of Lieut. Gen. Whitelocke, Late Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in South America], John Whitelocke (English, 1757-1833), London: Printed for J. C. Mottley, Portsmouth; Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, and H. D. Symonds, Paternoster-Row; Egerton, Whitehall; and Goddard, Pall Mall, 1808, two volumes, three quarter leather over marbled boards, gilt ruled and decorated spine, with two folding maps, Sabin 103677, the account of Whitelocke's disastrous attempt to take Argentina for the Brits, he facedÿfour charges including poor diplomacy, military incompetence, and negotiation of a shameful surrender, and was found guilty, 8-1/2 x 5-1/4 in., Provenance: Collection from an Important American Family, Note: last auction record - June 25th, 2013, sold for $800.
front board of volume one is detached but holding, all boards sensitive, with wear to extremities of both volumes
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