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The secret service, the field, the dungeon, and the escape
by RICHARDSON, Albert
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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COLUMBIA, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
1865 1st ed Civil War Secret Service Richardson Spy Southern Prison Escape CSA
'The Secret Service' is a fascinating, and heroic story of Albert D. Richardson that gripped the nation. The book documents the experiences of Richardson within the Confederate lines during 1861, later with the Union Armies, and then held in southern prisons, and his escape.
This 1865 first edition includes 3 pages of a musical score dedicated to the "Nameless Heroine" who helped him escape, and 12 full-page engravings!
Item number: #12466
Price: $499
RICHARDSON, Albert.
The secret service, the field, the dungeon, and the escape
Hartford, Connecticut: American Publishing Company: Philadelphia, Pa.; Cincinnati, Ohio: Jones Bros. & Co.; Chicago, Ill.: R. C. Treat, 1865.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [7], 8-512
o 12 engraved plates
· Provenance: Stamp/Handwritten – C.M. Hopkins
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight & secure
· Size: ~9in X 6.25in (23cm x 16cm)
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- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 12466
- Title
- The secret service, the field, the dungeon, and the escape
- Author
- RICHARDSON, Albert
- Format/Binding
- Leather; tight & secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- American Publishing Company
- Place of Publication
- Hartford, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1865
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1865 1st ed Civil War Secret Service Richardson Spy Southern Prison Escape CSArare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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