Search Results: recollections of the jersey prison ship by dring thomas

Applewood Books, 1986. Paperback. Good. Disclaimer:Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Yardley, Pennsylvania: Westholme Publishing. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2010. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1594161224 . Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as indicated by the publisher's "1" in the number line on copyright page, book is in excellent condition, no remarkable flaws, jacket has two minor flaws: two short corner-creases on the front flap and some mild rubbing, the jacket is clean and attractive, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "at long last we have a reliable edition of this fascinating and important source .

Westholme Publishing, 2010. Hardcover. New. 2nd edition. 224 pages. 9.00x6.10x0.80 inches.

Yardley PA Westholme, 2010, First Edition. hardcover. First Edition, First Printing. -- SIGNED by editor David Swain on blank page, "For [name]" with comment. -- This publication is from Dring's original manuscript, without alterations, and with lengthy explanations by the editor. -- Hardcover. Condition: near fine (tiny spot bottom-edge) with near fine dust jacket. ISBN 9781594161223

Yardley, Pennsylvania: Westholme Publishing. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 2010. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 1594161224 . Hardcover with dustjacket, first printing as indicated by the publisher's "1" in the number line on copyright page, inscribed and signed by the editor: "For Liz - one of my favorite inquiring minds! David Swain." Both the book and jacket are in excellent condition, there are no remarkable flaws, the original price is present and a professional (removable) mylar cover is included, "at long last we have a reliable edition of this fascinating and important source" ; Signed by Editor .

Paperback / softback. New.

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Yardley, PA: Westholme, 2010. Letter laid in from David Swain the editor to Edwin G. Burrows who wrote the blurb on the back of the dust jacket, Signed; First edition with a 1 present in the number line; small 4to.; paper backed boards, hardcover; xxxvii, 128 pages; black and white illustrations and maps; very good in a very good dust jacket.

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Yardley, PA : Westholme, 2010 First edition. Hardcover book . Paper-covered boards and colour pictorial dustjacket. xxxvii, 129pp. With b&w illustrations in text. Publishes for the first time the complete text of Thomas Dring's account of his experiences in the notorious British prison ship in New York, during the War of Independence, including some reproductions of his manuscript. With 37pp editor's introduction, plus notes to the text. A Fine copy. Photos available.

Westholme Pub Llc, 2019. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 168 pages. 9.00x6.00x0.60 inches.

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Providence: H. H. Brown, 1829. Minor foxing and browning throughout, front board detached, else a very good copy. 12mo. 167 pages. Folding frontis. Cloth over boards with gilt-stamped leather spine and tips. Name autographed on fly. FIRST EDITION. Folding frontispiece with a view of the ship's exterior and accompanying diagrams of two decks. This former ship-of-the-line was converted into a warehouse and finally a prison-ship anchored on the East River. Dring was captured and held for several months of 1782 in dreadful conditions which he describes in detail in this book.

Morrisania, NY: Printed By Alvord, 1865. 1865 third edition, number 43 of 50 large paper copies printed, numbered and signed by the editor (an additional 100 smaller copies also printed). First published 1829 and again in 1831. Harrowing description of conditions aboard a British prison ship during the Revolutionary War. Illustrated with two tissue-protected sepia toned portraits and a map of the Wale Bogt [Wallabout Bay, now filled in and part of Brooklyn] and vicinity. Folio size, 14.75 inches tall, three quarter dark brown morocco leather over textured brown cloth, raised spine bands, gilt lettering and ruling, edges speckled red, marbled endpapers. Some smudges and scuffs to the cloth, rubbing to extremities, front hinges, lightly internally cracked but very secure, text block sound, protective tissues foxed, pages clean with occasional minimal foxing, no names or other markings.. Limited Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Folio - 12" - 15" Tall.

Contents include General Description of the Jersey Prison-ship; Our Capture; Cook's Quarters; Hospital Ships and Nurses; Interment of the Dead; Crew of 'The Chance'; 'Dame Grant' and her Boat; Fourth of July; An Attempt To Escape; Memorial to General Washington; Exchange; Cartel; Our Arrival Home. Hard Cover. xvi, [17]-167 pages, folding frontispiece; 18 cm. Bound in dark marbled boards with muslin spine; spine frayed, front cover detached, remains of paper spine label; endpapers foxed; shadow of plate on title-page; withal Good. stock#715/h.

Orrisania, NY: Self-Published, 1865. Third Edition. Presentation Edition Very near fine in 3/4 green morocco leather with five decorated, raised bands on the spine with gilt tool work and gilt text in the compartments and gilt rules at the edges of the leather near the green cloth covered boards. A quarto of 11 by 7 1/2 inches with the top edge of the text block gilt and with marbled end sheets. The leather over the spine has faded to a fine light brown color, the tips of the boards are lightly worn and the leather at the upper one inch of the boards near the spine is also very slightly faded owing to its height above octavo volumes shelved near it. Without a dust jacket and probably as issued. This copy is a special presentation copy issued to John Ward Deane on Feb.22nd, 1866 and warmly inscribed and signed by the editor, Henry B. Dawson on the dedication page. It is also signed on the copyright page by Dawson and this copy identified as copy "K" of only 50 quarto copies printed, signed… Read More