WAIT, Benjamin

LETTERS FROM VAN DIEMAN'S LAND, WRITTEN DURING FOUR YEARS IMPRISIONMENT FOR POLITICAL OFFENCES COMMITTED IN UPPER CANADA.

Buffalo [NY]: A. W. Wilgus, 1843. First edition. 12mo. 356 pp. Frontis. & folding map. Full leather, joints cracked, front board partly detached, hinges weak, wear, gilt stamped black morocco spine label rubbed. Some browning on title and endpapers, otherwise clean. Lande 2283. TPL 2622. Howes W 16. Sabin 100969. 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. Item #67295

Price: $300.00