Description: RARE 'A RELIC OF THE REVOLUTION' (THE PRISONERS of 1776) by Charles Herbert of Newburyport, MA, 1847, MID-19TH CENTURY, ANTIQUE, 1ST EDITION VOLUME, ILLUSTRATED with EMBOSSED CLOTH HARDBOARD COVERS & GOLD GILT EMBOSSED COVER & SPINE TYPOGRAPHY & GRAPHIC ICONOGRAPHY of a FULLY RIGGED CLIPPER WARSHIP, PUBLISHED by Charles H. Peirce'A full and particular account of the sufferings and privations of all the American prisoners captured on the high seas and carried into Plymouth, England during the revolution of 1776'(Dated 1847)Mid-19th century, pre-US Civil War American historical literature recalling the US War of Independence from British Crown rule and the many episodes and narratives from that conflict DIMENSIONS: 6 3⁄4" Height x 4 1⁄2" Width x 7⁄8" Depth Weight: 9.7 oz. ILLUSTRATION(S), NUMBER OF PAGES:several etchings, 258 full pages CONDITION:Good to Very Good overall antique condition.
Price: 174.49 USD
Location: Uxbridge, Massachusetts
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Binding: Cloth hard board front & back covers
Place of Publication: Massachusetts
Publisher: Charles H. Peirce
Hardboard corners now slightly softened: Some moderate moisture stainint found within
American revolutionary era history: US War of Independence literature
Subject: Military & War
All pages intact, no loose pgs: corner folds, no torn pgs or missing illustrations
Original/Facsimile: Original
Year Printed: 1847
Episodes of prev moisture to int pages: 1st Edition
Fancy, scroll stamped hard boards/spine: Title stamped on volume's spine (gilt faded)
Found in a north-central Mass estate: Found in well-appntd early Mass. home's library
Language: English
Illustrator: Unknown illustrator
Special Attributes: Cloth w/embossed cloth hard boards, 1st Edition, Illuminated, Illustrated, Limited Edition
Detailed account of American prisoners: Revolutionary colonial prisoners taken by British
Written 1847, yr entered into Congress: Published in 1847
Author: Charles Herbert
Region: North America
Statistical chart: List of American captive's names, where from
Topic: Literature
