1881 Rare Book - Meyrick's Promise- Little Fugitives From The Jamaica Rebellion In 1865
Author : E. C. Phillips
Title : Meyrick's Promise: Or Little Fugitives from the Jamaica Rebellion in 1865.
Language : Text in English.
Publisher : London, George Routledge & Sons, 1881.
Size : 7 " X 5 "
Pages : vii-354 pages
Binding : Attractive and very good full cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed) under a protective mylar cover.
Content : Very good content (bright and tight, some foxing and staining - mainly on title page - as shown, name of a previous onwer on blank endpaper)
Illustration : Including a nice frontispiece and some full page illustrations.
The book : Rare edition of this Children's adventure story, based on the Jamaica 'Rebellion' of 1865 (Morant Bay rebellion); this incident and its aftermath were a turning point in Jamaica's history, and also generated a significant political debate in Britain.