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Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-10-02. Paperback. Good.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2007-10-02. Paperback. Used:Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Green cloth with blind stamping and gilt decoration to front cover. Gilt particulars and decoration to spine. Faded spine. Loss to head and tail of spine. Front hinge beginning to detach. Bookplates removed from front pastedown. 5 x 7.5 in [xii],14-230,[i] pages.

Hartford CT: F.A. Brown, 1856. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Hardcover, gray cloth, covers embossed with floral designs in blind-stamp. Gilt medallion front cover, gilt lettering and Hale Monument on spine, 230 pages, errata page at conclusion. Gutter crack at page 60, but not bad, binding solid. Eight b&w plates with tissue guards. Previous owner's signature (dated 1856) on blank pelim page. A biography of the soldier in the Continental Army and member of Knowlton's Rangers, the first organized intelligence service organization of the United States of America. Hale spied on the British, and was captured and executed during a mission in New York City. His service earned him the title of state hero of Connecticut. Record # 373727

Hartford: F. A. Brown, 1856. 2nd. Hardcover. Very Good/None. 267 pages of main text plus Appendix and 12 pages of Press reviews. Black & white illustrations. Light foxing throughout. Light wear to cloth covers with fading to spine. Clean, tight copy. Record # 609255

Hartford.: F.A. Brown, 1856. Covers embossed floral designs in blind-stamp. Gilt medallion front cover, gilt lettering and Hale Monument on spine. Spine sunned to tan. Crack at rear of top 2 1/2" of spine, reglued. Spine ends frayed. White endpapers with floral designs. Bookplate on front pastedown. Embossed bookseller's stamp on a front preliminary page. Illustrated with full-page black and white plates with tissue-guards, with additional drawing in the text. Light foxing noted, some peripherally on a few plates. A very tight copy. Twelve pages of testimonials at the end attesting to the merits of the book. 271pp.. Second Edition. Brown Cloth. Light Edge Wear/No Jacket. Octavo.