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Vintage 1953 Swedish Contributions To American Freedom Vol I Amandus Johnson HC
Brand/Publisher: Swedish Colonial Foundation; Author: Amandus Johnson; Title: Swedish Contributions to American Freedom 1776-1783 Volume I; Topic: Swedish American history, Revolutionary War, immigration.
1953 United States cloth-bound Volume I in the Swedish Colonial Foundation\'s series The Swedes in America 1638-1938, presenting Part VII, Swedish Contributions to American Freedom 1776-1783, issued in two volumes and focusing on Swedish roles in the American Revolution.
Title page reads Swedish Contributions to American Freedom 1776-1783, including a sketch of the background of the Revolution together with an account of the engagements in which Swedish officers participated and biographical sketches of these men, in two volumes, by Amandus Johnson, with the Swedish Colonial Foundation, Philadelphia, 1953 imprint.
Preliminary leaf for the series states The Swedes in America 1638-1938 in Ten Parts, Part VII Swedish Contributions to American Freedom 1776-1783, and another page carries a dedication by special permission to the memory of His Majesty King Gustaf V of Sweden.
Physical format: blue cloth hardcover boards with a gilt single-line border on the front cover, gilt title Swedish Contributions to American Freedom and gilt crest, together with gilt spine titling and textured cloth, deckled fore-edge leaves, and substantial English-language text printed on cream stock.
Interior typography is set in a clear serif typeface with chapter divisions, notes, and extensive reference apparatus, concluding with indexes and appendices that document individuals, places, and events connected with Swedish participation in the Revolutionary era.
Illustrative content includes a portrait frontispiece and additional black-and-white plates reproducing historical figures and documentary material that accompany the narrative and reference sections.
Front free endpaper bears a presentation inscription in blue ink from the author to Dale B. Filer, closing with the signature Amandus Johnson, underscoring the volume\'s personal association and appeal to collectors.
Subject and collecting interest: specialized Swedish-American history and Revolutionary War study, of interest to historians, genealogists, and collectors of works on Scandinavian contributions to American independence and colonial-era immigration.
Condition: Blue cloth boards show shelf and handling wear with surface rubbing, softened corners, and fraying with small cloth loss at the spine ends and upper front fore-corner. Page edges are deckled and age toned with darkening and scattered small spots from storage. Front free endpaper carries a signed presentation inscription by Amandus Johnson in blue ink. Interior pages are lightly toned but the text and illustrations are clean and legible on the inspected leaves, and the sewn binding remains solid with inner hinges intact. Volume I only of the two-volume set; book is offered as a standalone cloth hardcover without a dust jacket.
