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The Exiles of Florida: or, The Crimes Committed by our Government against the Maroons, who Fled from South Carolina and Other Slave States, Seeking Protection Under Spanish Laws.
Giddings, Joshua R. · Columbus, Ohio
- Author
- Giddings, Joshua R.
- Date
- 1858
- Place
- Columbus, Ohio
- Publisher
- Published by Follet, Foster and Company
- Language
- English
- Binding
- 8vo.( 5" x 7.75") Full tan cloth with blindstamp rule framing covers. Spine chipped and torn, in need of re-backing. Front and rear free endpapers and flyleafs lacking, pencilled notes and figures to pastedowns, prior owners name to the reverse of the frontispiece, neatly in pencil. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece and five additional plates, all heavily toned, the text itself heavily foxed throughout. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with loss, Head and foot of spine chipped with loss, covers stained. Several pages with small closed tears to edges, not affecting text, pgs. 253-255 chipped at fore-edge, not affecting text.
- Category
- Fore-Edge Paintings
- Record
- S.I.7885
The Exiles of Florida: or, The Crimes Committed by our Government against the Maroons, who Fled from South Carolina and Other Slave States, Seeking Protection Under Spanish Laws. Joshua R. Giddings. 1858. Columbus, Ohio: Published by Follet, Foster and Company. 8vo.( 5" x 7.75") Full tan cloth with blindstamp rule framing covers. Spine chipped and torn, in need of re-backing. Front and rear free endpapers and fly-leafs lacking, penciled notes and figures to pastedowns, prior owners name to the reverse of the frontispiece, neatly in pencil. Illustrated with engraved frontispiece and five additional plates, all heavily toned, the text itself heavily foxed throughout. Edgewear, corners bumped and rubbed with loss, Head and foot of spine chipped with loss, covers stained. Several pages with small closed tears to edges, not affecting text, pgs. 253-255 chipped at fore-edge, not affecting text.
Condition
Fair
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