The Secret Service: The Filed The Dungeon & The Escape.
by Richardson, Albert D
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Fallon, Nevada, United States
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About This Item
Hartford:: American Publishing Co.,, 1865.. First edition.. Hardcover.. Original embossed cloth faded with spine ends chipped away. Front hinge starting. Illustrated with numerous full-page plates and sheets of music at end. A very good working copy of a well known book. Priced to go. Richardson was a staff journalist for the New York Daily Tribune whom was a secret correspondent in the Civil War. He was captured in 1863 and spent a year and a half in Confederate prisons. in 1864 he escaped from the Salisbury NC prison. While in prison his wife and infant daughter died.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Dark Parks Books & Collectibles (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20538
- Title
- The Secret Service: The Filed The Dungeon & The Escape.
- Author
- Richardson, Albert D
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- First edition.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- American Publishing Co.,
- Place of Publication
- Hartford:
- Date Published
- 1865.
- Pages
- 512p.
- Size
- Hardcover.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Dark Parks Books & Collectibles
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Fallon, Nevada
About Dark Parks Books & Collectibles
Early english printed books specializing in occult, science, religion and oddities. We also have a strong emphasis on modern first editions of horror, sci-fi, and fantasy.
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