LETTERS FROM VAN DIEMAN'S LAND, WRITTEN DURING FOUR YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR POLITICAL OFFENCES COMMITTED IN UPPER CANADA
by Benjamin Wait
$150 · Offered by Bartleby's Books
Buffalo, NY : A. W. Wilgus, 1843. 17 cm. 356pp. Frontis. and folding map. Spine eroded, brown paper boards, scattered foxing. Contemporary ownership signature on front fly leaf. The author was imprisoned for activities leading up to the Rebellion of 1837-38. A summary of the causes of the Rebellion is given, but most of the work comprises letters written from the English penal colony in Australia. Lande 2283. TPL 2622. Howes W-16. Item #70768
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