The Prison Bard: or Poems on Various Subjects

Hartford, [CT]: Printed by William H. Burleigh, 1848. Very Good. Hartford, [CT]: Printed by William H. Burleigh, 1848. First Edition. Octavo. 215pp. Bound in contemporary black leather spine over navy speckled paper-covered boards with "Prison Bard" in gilt to spine; peach endpapers. Boards worn with exposure to edges and general scuffing. Binding sound. Contemporary female ownership inscription to preliminaries; spotting and toning to pages but overall unmarked and legible throughout. A Very Good copy of this collection of verse written by Thompson, who was imprisoned for four years and eleven months for attempting to aid enslaved peoples to freedom.