A " contraband" Bible, and a remarkable book label
By: remembered here by the Rob Run Press in 1988.
Contributors: Rob Run Press.; Press Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: Rob Run Press
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Okemos, MI (2411 Indian Hills Dr., Okemos, MI 48864)
Language: eng
Subjects: Bible -- Miscellanea.; Seals and labels (Philately) -- Facsmilies.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Confiscations and contributions.
Notes: Colophon and note on laid-in slip signed by Robert E. Runser, proprietor of the press.
The label, included here as a mounted facsimile, was found on the front pastedown of a copy of an Oxford New Testament and designates the book as Civil War contraband seized Dec. 6, 1863, by the Circassian from the Anglo-rebel blockade-running ship Minna.
Source: Gift, Feb. 8, 1988.