The Spy Unmasked; Or, Memoirs of Enoch Crosby, Alias Harvey Birch, The Hero of Mr. Cooper's Tale of the Neutral Ground: Being an Authentic Account of the Secret Services Which He Rendered His Country During the Revolutionary War. (Taken from his own lips, in short-hand.) Comprising Many Interesting Facts and Anecdotes, Never Before Published

NY: Printed by J. & J. Harper, 1828. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Fair. A totally unsophisticated copy in its original binding. Cloth spine with paper title label over paper covered boards. 8vo, xvi, 3-296 (4), with frontispiece engraving of Harvey Birch and 5 plates (incl map of Westchester County in text. Basis for James Fenimore Cooper's THE SPY; Enoch Crosby (1750-1835) was spy for the Americans during the Revolutionary War, working for John Jay. Front cover very loosely held by a few strings oif original binding, evidence of where prelims were once taped at hinge. Foxed throughout. Old (original signature) in period script on rear pastedown of Sarah Fowler "of Southport Conn formerly Fairfield...