ISBN: 9780969021513 - Henry More Smith: The Mysterious Stranger (5 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Good Plus. No Jacket. Reprint. Original beige softcover copy of a book originally published in 1910. Front cover has vertical crease, and corner and edge wear. Hand-soiled. Gift inscription. In July, 1814, a suave young man who gave his name as Henry More Smith was charged with stealing a horse and was lodged in Kingston Jail in care of Sheriff Walter Bates. Smith escaped for two months, but was returned to custody and secured by chains and a metal collar, which he broke. Sentenced to death, he constructed a puppet show from straw and strips of clothing. Pardoned, he was shipped to Windsor, Nova Scotia, his former home. 164 pp. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Soft cover, very good condition. Second printing. Book.

Card covers. Condition: Vg. Reprint. 164,(6) Pp.

Stiff Card Wraps. Condition: Good. Second printing of the 1979 edition. "A true story of the most remarkable prisoner ever detained in a jail in New Brunswick, as told by Walter Bates, one time Sheriff of Kings County. Being an authentic account of the numerous arrests, remarkable doings and wonderful escapes of the most noted road agent who ever pestered the authorities of New Brunswick." First published in 1910 by John A. Bowes in Saint John, New Brunswick. 164 pages + five pages advertising other titles published by Bowes in 1910. Covers lightly smudged, wrinkles/creasing, moderate general wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book.…

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. printed paper cover, 164 pages , Cover title: The mysterious stranger Reprint of the 1910 ed. published by J.A. Bowes, St. John, N.B. under title: The mysterious stranger.