Waldo Dictated (3 results)

HALF CLOTH OVER BOARDS. Condition: GOOD. FIRST EDITION THUS. *LIMITED EDITION* #70/98 "THIS COPY ON AMERICAN VELLUM IS ONE OF NINTY-EIGHT OF WHICH EIGHTY-EIGHT ARE FOR SALE NUMBER 70". 162 PAGES. REPRINT OF THE THIRD EDITION OF MARTIN'S MEMOIRS, NARRATED ON THE EVE OF HIS EXECUTION. CONTAINS WOODCUTS TAKEN FROM THE 1822 PRINTING. INTERNAL HINGE PAPER SEPARATED BUT HINGE STILL STRONG, BOOK IS TIGHT. Size: QUARTO.…

Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. 3rd edition. Hardback. Reprint of the 3rd Edn. A Narrative of His Life and Adventures, with some Account of the Notorious Captain Thunderbolt. Michael Martin is believed to have been the last person in Massachusetts to be hanged for highway robbery. Shortly before his execution he dictated to Frederick W. Waldo of Boston, a reporter on the 'Columbian Centinel', an account of his life and adventures which was immediately published. Illus. 162pp. lge. 8vo. h/back. With previous owner's personal b/plate and tiny bookseller's label to fpd, lightly browned edges, small mks to covers o/w Vg. First Trade Edn. of the Wayside Press (private press).…

Hardcover / Hardback. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. 3rd edition. Hardback. Reprint of the 3rd Edn. A Narrative of His Life and Adventures, with some Account of the Notorious Captain Thunderbolt. Michael Martin is believed to have been the last person in Massachusetts to be hanged for highway robbery. Shortly before his execution he dictated to Frederick W. Waldo of Boston, a reporter on the 'Columbian Centinel', an account of his life and adventures which was immediately published. Illus. 162pp. lge. 8vo. h/back. With tiny bookseller's label to fpd o/w F. in Nr. Vg. protected dw. which has several water mks. to fr and back covers, sunned sp. and small notch with closed tear to top edge of back cover. First Trade Edn. of the Wayside Press (private press).…