Wait benjamin (25 Ergebnisse)

Hardcover. Zustand: VERY GOOD. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: VERY GOOD. Pages are tanned. Dust jacket is edgeworn, foxed. New archival mylar dj cover. 24 cm. 159 pages. Letters of Benjamin Wait, condemned to death for his role in the 1837 rebellion, reprieved at the last moment, transported to Van Diemen's Land, and eventually es…

Hardcover. Zustand: Fair. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fair. First Printing. 159 pages. "Describing how Benjamin Wait was condemned to death, reprieved at the last minute by the daring exertions of his wife, transported in chains to Van Dieman's Land, and how he escaped." - from dust jacket. Pages yellowing at edges. Somewhat ab…

First edition. Wait was a participant in the Rebellion of 1837-38 in Canada and was convicted of high treason and condemned to death; his sentence was later commuted to exile at "Van Dieman's Land" (Tasmania) from which he escaped with the assistance of "the benevolent Americans who delivered me from the horrors of slavery". Thi…

Hardcover. 1st Edition. 12mo, 17c,m, The First Edition, vi,[7]-356p., with wood-engraved frontis portrait view, and single folded maps (printed in white on black) of Van Diemen's Land, some foxing, quarter dark calf, original boards, spines starting, a good working copy. (cdn) TPL 2622. Lande 2283. Sabin 100969. Ferguson 3762. T…

First Edition. First edition, 12mo, pp. vi, [7]-356; engraved frontispiece and a folding map; contemporary calf-backed cloth, spine quite worn, with small loss, joints cracked; folding portion of map lacking, but still essentially complete, moderate foxing. The author was imprisoned for activities leading up to the Rebellion of…

First Edition. First printing. Octavo (17cm). In contemporary tan sheep, with remnants of black leather spine label; plain endpapers; [i]-vi [7]-356pp; frontispiece portrait and folding map of Van Dieman's Land p.353. Pencil ownership signature of A. G. Champlin. A straight copy, leather rubbed and peeling, most of spine label l…

Written During Four Years Imprisonment for Political Offences Commited in Upper CanadaFirst edition. Frontispiece & a folding map. 16mo. An unsophisticated copy in original quarter calf, gilt. vi, 7-356pp. Buffalo, A.W. Wilgus, Wait's involvement in events prior to the Canadian revolution of 1837-8, resulted in a charge of high…

small 8vo. pp. vi, [7]-356. wood-engraved frontis. & folding map (printed in white on black) of Van Diemen's Land. contemporary quarter roan (head of spine chipped, foxed, staining to lower margins of outer gatherings, short tears to first three leaves repaired). First Edition. One of nine Canadian exile narratives written by pa…