Oliver Wiswell - first US edition

by Kenneth Roberts

Stated first edition with the following points present: The price on the dustjacket is 3.00. Pg 221/ line 28 "on", 461/line 30 "simultanously", 467/line 27 "Brought", and the book also state "first edition after the printing of a limited edition of one thousand copies.

This is a story of the War of 1812 as told from the loyalist/British side.  An incredible read; cover painting of Wiswell by Grant Wood.

Book is VG condition; blue cloth boards with gold stamped lettering on spine, maps on inside end papers. Jacket is VG with corners cut, but price still intact. It is has edge wear, a small 1/2" chip out of the rear panel, closed tear on the rear panel, with some rubbing and marking on the front panel. This is not a pristine copy, but still a collectible first of this very popular piece of historic fiction by one of the masters of the genre.