Preston Captain (3 results)

Condition: Very Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. 1939. Foxing to the page edges, and a stamp on the flyleaf. Otherwise a clear copy in well-kept dust jacket.

Condition: Good. Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. A copy that has been read but remains in clean condition. All of the pages are intact and the cover is intact and the spine may show signs of wear. The book may have minor markings which are not specifically mentioned. Good condition hardback without dust jacket. Light wear to boards with tan to pages. Main text in good clean condition.

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. [Boston Massacre, Early American Printing] Contemporary boards, conserved and rebacked on modern spine. Ink and perforated stamps on title page. 120 p. First published in 1770, under the title: The trial of William Wemms, James Hartegan [etc.] Taken in short hand by John Hodgson. Future President John Adams successfully represented the accused British soldiers in the tumultuous trial. "The trial of the British soldiers, of the 29th Regiment of Foot : for the murder of Crispus Attucks, Samuel Gray, Samuel Maverick, James Caldwell, and Patrick Carr, on Monday evening, March 5, 1770, before the Honorable Benjamin Lynde, John Cushing, Peter Oliver, and Edmund Trowbridge, esquires, justices of the Superior court of judicature, Court of assize, and general gaol delivery, held at Boston, by adjournment, November 27, 1770." From the library of Richard Manning Hodges (1827-1896), noted American surgeon (Harvard College 1847, Harvard Medical School 1850).