The Annals of Harper’s Ferry with Sketches of its Founder and Many Prominent Characters Connected with its History, Anecdotes, &c, by Josephus Junior.

  • Original printed wrappers
By [Barry, Joseph]

Martinsburg, W. Va. Printed at the Office of the "Berkeley Union", 1872, second edition, enlarged, octavo, 126 pages, two portraits, one of John Brown, original printed pictorial wrappers, with portrait of John Brown. Some very minor wear to wrappers, occasional spotting and smudging to text, several contemporary ink corrections to text, otherwise a very good, clean copy.

This is the enlarged second edition after that printed in 1869 at Hagerstown, Maryland. The work includes an important chapter, pages 29-61, on John Brown's Raid on the Armory at Harper's Ferry. The work also includes an important section dealing with the contest for Harper's Ferry during the Civil War, pages 61-90.

Eberstadt:137:65, Howes B-191

Details

Title

The Annals of Harper’s Ferry with Sketches of its Founder and Many Prominent Characters Connected with its History, Anecdotes, &c, by Josephus Junior.

Author

[Barry, Joseph]

Binding

Original printed wrappers

Condition

Unknown

Edition

second, enlarged

Size

octavo

Pages

126


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