Captain Lightfoot (5 results)

Single Sheet Engraving. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. First Edition. AN ORIGINAL ANTIQUE ENGRAVING. MOUNTED AND READY TO FRAME. VERY GOOD CONDITION . SHOWS A PORTRAIT OF CAPTAIN GEORGE LIGHTFOOT HUYSHE, , KILLED IN THE ANSHANTEE WAR, AN ORIGINAL ANTIQUE ENGRAVED PORTRAIT, PRINTED IN 1874 AN ORIGINAL ANTIQUE ENGRAVED PORTRAIT, PRINTED IN 1874.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. CAPTAIN LIGHTFOOT: THE LAST OF THE NEW ENGLAND HIGHWAYMEN. A NARRATIVE OF HIS LIFE AND ADVENTURES, WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE NOTORIOUS CAPTAIN THUNDERBOLT. Topsfield, Massachusetts: The Wayside Press, 1926. This is number 29 of 98 copies. Black cloth spine with marbled paper covered boards, gilt printing to the spine. This is a clean, nice copy. About Fine in a slightly edge chipped but complete slipcase.

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).

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. First Edition Thus. 162 pages. Black and white illustrations in text. "Captain Lightfoot, whose real name was Michael Martin, is believevd to have been the last person in Massachusetts to be hanged for highway robbery. Shortly before his execution he dictated an account of his life and adventures" (which is reprinted here) - from Preface. Prior owner's signature atop front free endpaper, otherwise contents surprisingly clean and bright. Moderate wear to book. Binding tight. Somewhat above-average wear to dust jacket which is now preserved in a glossy new archival-grade Brodart cover. A sound vintage copy.