Melville, Herman.

Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile.

New York: G. P. Putnam & Co., 1855. Third edition. Hardcover. First published in installments in Putnam's Monthly Magazine. Based in part on the true story of a revolutionary war veteran and prisoner of the British who met King George III, escaped to France & became a courier and spy for 'Dr. Franklin' (Benjamin Franklin).

Small 8vo, 276pp. Publishers maroon blind stamped cloth, gilt title to spine. Covers somewhat faded to brown, spine rubbed, head and tail of spine chipped. Front inner hinge cracked. OCLC: 7013972. Good. Item #14869

Price: $225.00