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Cloth. Zustand: Fine Condition. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine Condition. 272 pages with 169 illustrations 155 in color. Foreword by Glenn D. Lowry. Edited by Ann Temkin. Published on the occasion of the exhibition from Museum of Modern Art, New York NY October 14, 2014-January 15, 2015. List of Works Illustrated. Exhibition History. Selected Bibliography.…

Hardcover. Zustand: Very good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very good. xxii, 360 pages. Endpaper map. Frontispiece. Chronology. Maps. Notes. Bibliography. Index. Shows how the personal insecurities and longings for material wealth of the brilliant military leader undermined his superior qualities and how his transgressions eventually caught up with him. Brandt does not try to rehabilitate Arnold, although she insists on showing us his strengths as well as his weaknesses. The author was a noted authority on Colonial and Revolutionary America whose publications have set standards and endured since publication. Derived from a Kirkus review: A biography that explains coherently why Benedict Arnold became the American Revolution's Lucifer, the brightest angel who suffered the steepest fall from grace. Colonial historian Brandt locates the seed of Arnold's treason in ``the great American virus: social insecurity.'' In his teens, Arnold was forced to leave an elite private academy because of his alcoholic father's bankruptcy. Brandt's thesis enables her to identify ambition as the connecting thread between Arnold as energetic, intelligent, and courageous soldier and Arnold as greedy traitor. Notoriously touchy about the most dimly perceived slights, Arnold could take no solace in his reputation as the best American battlefield general of the war. Lacking a moral compass, he saw money and social prestige as his surest validations of character- -and, when these were lacking, he alienated potential allies with petulant outbursts. His downfall began when, as military commandant of Philadelphia, he mixed with well-heeled Loyalists (including his future wife, the beautiful Peggy Shippen) and engaged in war profiteering. Brandt takes us through the events that followed: Arnold's court-martial for financial malfeasance, his bungled attempt to hand over West Point to the British, and his final years as a financially insecure social leper in Canada and England. Despite Arnold's ``mighty heart,'' he was brought down by self-delusion and a reckless unconcern for any but himself (he sealed Major John Andre's doom by needlessly sending him behind Continental lines disguised as a civilian). Piercing insights into one of our most infamous figures. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing [Limited to 12,500]. Claudia Carson (Cartography) and Cameron W. Brandt (illustrator).…

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 202 pages. 8.50x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New.

[1] pp.; 27.8 x 21.5 cm.; black-and-white; edition size unknown; unsigned and unnumbered; photocopy / xeroxed Press release for the opening of "The Seven Year Itch" at Gracie Mansion Gallery in the East Village featuring the work of Harry Kondoleon, Stephen Lack, Eva Lundsager, Ed McGowin, David Sandlin, Ken Warneke and Rhonda Zwillinger. Press release also announces the gallery will be moving out of the East Village on April 29, 1989 to a new location at 532 Broadway as well as staff changes and the representation of Gary Panter and Louis Sciullo. Artists represented by Gracie Mansion Gallery were (at time of press release): Buster Cleveland, Claudia DeMonte, Rodney Alan Greenblat, Al Hansen, Bruce Houston, Stephen Lack, Gary Panter, David Sandlin, Hope Sandrow, Louis Sciullo and Rhonda Zwillinger. Very Good. Folded in three as issued. Light handling wear and 2.5 cm. bend to upper left corner and additional light edge-wear. 3.4 cm. yellow staining to verso, otherwise clean and unmarked.…