Lodge, Henry Cabot, THE STORY OF THE REVOLUTION. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1898.  2vols. complete, 1^st ed. blue cloth hardcovers with gilt titling to spines and front boards, 8vo (9x6.125”), Good+/n.a., vol.1, 324pp.; vol.2, 285pp.

Spines tanned, vol.1 chipped/torn at head and tail, both vols. awash with laid in, pasted in, even stapled in newspaper articles from approx. 1915-1925, each being somehow relevant to the material presented in the text, there is also a good amount of pencil notes indicating the books may have been the property of a history professor at one point, or at the least a very passionate Revolutionary War fan.  Rather than being a detraction are presented as a marvelous attraction with each article giving wonderful insight into the world of long ago. This is an 1890’s book about a 1770’s war filled with ephemera from the early 20^th century – quite the distinctive set of books indeed.