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ECHOES OF HARPER’S FERRY. JAMES REDPATH. BOSTON: THAYER AND ELDRIDGE, 114 AND 116 WASHINGTON ST., 1860, FIRST EDITION.
BROWN BLIND-STAMPED EMBOSSED CLOTH, WITH PUBLISHER’S “T & E” MONOGRAM STAMP ON FRONT COVER AND TITLE IN GILT TO SPINE, OCTAVO, 7 3/4” x 5 1/8, 513 PAGES, PLUS TWO PAGES OF BOOKS FOR SALE.
BOOK IS IN VERY GOOD TO FINE, CLEAN, BRIGHT AND TIGHT CONDITION, EXCEPT FOR LIGHT WEAR TO TOP AND BOTTOM OF SPINE AND THE TITLE ON SPINE APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN TOUCHED UP.
NOTE: ECHOES OF HARPER’S FERRY IS A COLLECTION OF ANTI-SLAVERY PIECES EDITED BY THE ABOLITIONIST JOURNALIST JAMES REDPATH AND CONTAINS COMMEMORATIVE ESSAYS, POEMS, TRIAL REPORTS, AND PRISON LETTERS DEDICATED TO JOHN BROWN FOLLOWING HIS OCTOBER, 1859 RAID ON THE FEDERAL ARMORY AT HARPER’S FERRY, VIRGINIA.
IT CONTAINS NOTABLE CONTRIBUTIONS BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON, HENRY DAVID THOREAU, THEODORE PARKER, AND A SIGNED POEM BY LOUISA MAY ALCOTT “WITH A ROSE, THAT BLOOMED ON THE DAY OF JOHN BROWN’S MARTYRDOM.”
