1781 AMERICAN REVOLUTION. George Washington, Benedict Arnold, Land and Sea Battle Accounts, &c.

The true first edition of an important British-perspective first edition of detailed accounts of the American Revolutionary War. At this point, all hopes of containment or peaceful resolution were gone. It was a full on war, waged up and down the coast; the French had joined in and whatever the outcome the costs would be severe.

Extensive content including, most interestingly, detailed accounts of the treason of General Benedict Arnold, celebrated by the British. 

Please note that many copies of this that are offered are later editions. This is the true first edition, first printing of an important series of works related to the Revolutionary War.

Burke, Edmund. The Annual Register, or a View of the History, Politics, and Literature for the Year 1781. London. Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, 1782. 339 + 207 + Contents.

Full calf, rubbed as shown, with some breaches at hinges, but solid and intact. A bit tender at prelims with title hinged ffep. Textually generally very solid and clean. An attractive first edition. 

CONTENTS INCLUDE:

The State of Affairs in America; State of the Hostile Armies in New York; The Success of General Henry Clinton from the Reduction of Charles Town; A Campaign in the Jersies; The Unexpected Effect Produced by the Reduction of Charles Town in Renewing and Exciting the Spirit of Union and Resistance in America; Great Hopes Founded on the Expected Cooperation of a French Fleet and Army in the Reduction of New York and the Final Expulsion of the British Forces from that Continent; General George Washington Passes the North River with a View of Taking New York; Great Difficulties Experienced by Don Bernard de Galvez in his Expedition of West Florida; The Taking of the Fort at Mobille; Washington's Army Cooperating with M. de Guichen's Forces; Negotiations between Henry Clinton and General Benedict Arnold; Benedict Arnold Escapes on Board the Vulture; Major Andre Taken in Disguise by General George Washington; General Benedict Arnold Appointed to a Command in the British Army; Arnold Publishes an Address to the Inhabitants of America and a Proclamation to the Officers and Soldiers of the Continental Army; Distresses in the American Armies and Some of their Causes; The War in South Carolina; Colonel Ferguson Defeated and Killed on the King's Mountain; General Green Arrives in Charles Town and Takes Command of the Southern American Army; Masterly Movements by Lord Cornwallis for Passing the Catawba; Rapid Pursuit of the American Army; Wilmington Taken and Made a Place of Arms and Supply; A Strange Defect of Intelligence Experienced by the British General in North Carolina; The Expedition to Virginia under General Arnold; The State of Grievances which Led to the Mutiny in the American Army; General Washington Dispatches the Marquis de la Fayette to Virginia; Appearances of an Attack on New York, Staten Island, and Sandy Hook; Great Loss Sustained by the Americans at New London; Causes and Consequences of the Riots in London; Detailed Account of the Action between His Majesty's Sloops the Atalanta and Trepassey and a Large American Ship called the Alliance; An Account of the Action between the Savage Sloop of War, of 16 Guns, and the Congress, an American Frigate of 20 Guns; A Full Letter from Mr. Meyrick to Benedict Arnold; A Full Letter from General George Washington; An Account of the Number of Men who have Died in Service to the Navy Since January 1, 1776; The Russian Princess Offers to Mediate between Great Britain and the United States; etc.