Lafayette in America, 1777-1783

Arveyres, France : L'Esprit de Lafayette Society, 1975 L'Esprit de Lafayette Society, Arveyres, France. 1975. Hardcover. Limited First Edition AA683/Certification of First Edition paper laid-in. Signed by the author on the limitation page/Signed by Richard Poe who was in charge of the binding of this edition completed before October 17, 1975 as stated on the Certificate of First Edition. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine; fine scratch on rear board. No DJ. Brown buffalo leather boards and spine with 24-karat gold rules on the spine and borders on the front board; Society seal on boards and spine in 24-karat gold. Red moire endpapers. Gilt textblock top. Tricolor ribbon page marker sewn-in. Six bound-in plates on Woodbine enamel are direct lithographs of the original Revolutionary War maps. 1066 pages in total (Book 1. 184 pp; Book 2. 364 pp; Book 3. 458 pp). The author spent 14 years in compiling this book for production for the bicentennial anniversary of the establishment of the United States of America. The book is composed of three books, Lafayette Comes to America (184 pp), Lafayette Joins the American Army (364 pp), and Lafayette and the Close of the American Revolution (458 pp). Lafayette and the French support of the revolution against their hated enemy, the British, spelled the difference in the revolution being successful and being a failure. This Bicentennial Edition of Lafayette's career in the American Revolution begins with his birth (September 6, 1757) and ends with his return to his birthplace, Chavaniac in Auvergne, in March, 1783, after the signing of the general preliminaries of peace by Britain, France, and the United States. He remained a close friend of America until his death in 1834. A clean pristine copy. No International Shipping.