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Another of Bushnell's Scarce Historical Titles
Bushnell, Charles I. THE NARRATIVE OF JOHN BLATCHFORD, DETAILING HIS SUFFERINGS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, WHILE A PRISONER OF THE BRITISH. AS RELATED BY HIMSELF. WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES, BY CHARLES I. BUSHNELL. New York: Privately Printed, 1865. 8vo, later marbled paper covers. Lithographic frontispiece portrait on tinted background; title printed in red and black; 127, (1) pages; additional lithographic plate depicting the Jersey prison ship, printed on a tinted background. Unopened and generally fine. See above. Blatchford's narrative ends on page 46, and Bushnell's extensive notes occupy pages 47-127. The Narrative of John Blatchford is one of the Bushnell monographs included in his famous compendium Crumbs for Antiquarians. Howes B524.
Estimate: 200 USD
Bushnell, Charles I. THE NARRATIVE OF JOHN BLATCHFORD, DETAILING HIS SUFFERINGS IN THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR, WHILE A PRISONER OF THE BRITISH. AS RELATED BY HIMSELF. WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES, BY CHARLES I. BUSHNELL. New York: Privately Printed, 1865. 8vo, later marbled paper covers. Lithographic frontispiece portrait on tinted background; title printed in red and black; 127, (1) pages; additional lithographic plate depicting the Jersey prison ship, printed on a tinted background. Unopened and generally fine. See above. Blatchford's narrative ends on page 46, and Bushnell's extensive notes occupy pages 47-127. The Narrative of John Blatchford is one of the Bushnell monographs included in his famous compendium Crumbs for Antiquarians. Howes B524.
Estimate: 200 USD