Execution Isaac Hayne by Bowden (10 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good in Good dust jacket. dj. First Edition. First Edition. Sound binding and hinges. Previous owner's book plate on front pastedown. Pages clean, bright. Cloth over boards has light edge rubbing. DJ has shelf wear, edge wear with shallow closed tears. Isaac Hayne (1745-1781), of Charleston, S.C., was one of the most prominent Americans to be executed by the British during the American War of Independence. 9.25" tall; 102 pages.…

First edition (as stated upon copyright page). 102, [1] pages. Hardcover: H 23.5cm x L 15.75cm. Dust jacket rubbed with some slight soiling and foxing, shallow chipping at spine head, some nicks and short tears at other edges. Gray cloth with red stamped spine lettering. A few leaves slightly thumbed at their fore-edges; faint foxing to endpapers; past owner's ink note at top of rear free endpaper recto with a total of three ink arrow marks beside bibliographic citations on pages 89, 93, and 94; no other such markings readily apparent upon a quick perusal and interior pages otherwise remain quite clean. Binding is firm. With b/w frontispiece portrait plus ten other b/w illustrations, Foreword by Robert M. Weir, Preface, two appendices (pages 79-85), Bibliography (pages 87-97), and Index. Historian David K. Bowden examines the circumstances surrounding the British execution of Isaac Hayne in 1781 in Charleston, South Carolina within four chapters titled as: "Life on the Pon Pon," "Capture and Execution," "Implications and Aftereffects," and "Epilogue: Patriot and Martyr." ISBN 0878440372.…

Condition: Acceptable. DUST JACKET SHOWS HEAVY WEAR. OTHERWISE THIS BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact (However the dust cover may be missing). Pages can include considerable notes--in pen or highlighter--but the notes cannot obscure the text. Book may be a price cutter or have a remainder mark.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good +. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. 102 pages, illustrated, indexed.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good+. First Edition. 1st Printing. Hardcover. Book Condition: Near Fine. Jacket Condition: Good+. Sandlapper Pub Co, Lexington, SC 1977. First Edition. 1st Printing. 102 pages. Nice Firm Clean copy ! Jacket has edge wear, short tears. Size: 9 x 5.8 x 0.3. Condemned to death by British authorities during the occupation of Charlestown in 1781, Hayne became perhaps the most prominenl American to be executed during the American Revolution for treason against the Crown. Ambiguous and extenuating circumstances surrounding his conduct, the importance of his example, and his courage in facing death immediately made his case controversial and his name famous. The American commander in the South, General Nathanael Greene threatened retaliation; after the victory at Yorktown, the Continental Congress considered a motion to take vengeance on their most important prisoner, Lord Cornwallis; while the debate over the Hayne affair in the British House of Lords almost led to a duel between an outraged Duke of Richmond and one of the men responsible for the execution. Military History::USA::Revolutionary War 6074.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Hardbound w/ VG DJ ; clean and unmarked and binding tight and squre ; light spotting to top edge ; ; 8vo; 102 pages; Signed by Author.

Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. the execution of isaac hayne.

Condition: Very Good. Sandlapper Store 1977 grey cloth boards are slighlty discolored. text block crisp.

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