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Letters From Van Dieman's Land, Written During Four Years Imprisonment For Political Offences Committed In Upper Canada.
by Wait, Benjamin
- Used
- Condition
- First edition.
- Seller
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Buffalo NY: A.W. Wilgus, 1843. First edition. "Embodying, Also, Letters Descriptive Of Personal Appeals In Behalf Of Her Husband, And His Fellow Prisoners... By Mrs. B. Wait." As a result of his participation in the Rebellion of 1837, Wait was convicted of high treason and condemned to death. He escaped to the US, only to learn that he had received a pardon in 1842. See Ferguson 3762 - "... this volume shows Mrs. Wait to have been a woman of exceptional force of character." This is followed by 2 1/2 pages of notes regarding the book, its publishing history, and the Waits. Also Lande 2283 and Sabin 100969. Bound in full calf with black spine label. Covers worn. Front hinge cracked but holding. Frontispiece and title page foxed, the rest of the text is clean.. 16 cm. vi-356 pp. b/w frontispiece and folding map.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ten Pound Island Book Co.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47723
- Title
- Letters From Van Dieman's Land, Written During Four Years Imprisonment For Political Offences Committed In Upper Canada.
- Author
- Wait, Benjamin
- Book Condition
- Used - First edition.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- A.W. Wilgus
- Place of Publication
- Buffalo NY
- Date Published
- 1843
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Nautical, Maritime
- Bookseller catalogs
- Maritime;
Terms of Sale
Ten Pound Island Book Co.
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About the Seller
Ten Pound Island Book Co.
Biblio member since 2009
Gloucester, Massachusetts
About Ten Pound Island Book Co.
We specialize in maritime-related books, charts, periodicals, prints and ephemera. We also have a selection of antiquarian material and books, manuscripts, and ephemera of local interest, including maps and prints.
Glossary
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- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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