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y separately published work icon Jail Journal; or, Five Years in British Prisons. Commenced on Board the Shearwater Steamer, in Dublin Bay, Continued at Spike Island—On Board the Scourge War Steamer—On Board the 'Dromedary' Hulk, Bermuda—On Board the Neptune Convict Ship—At Pernambuco—At the Cape of Good Hope (during the Anti-Convict Rebellion)—At Van Diemen’s Land—At Sydney—At Tahiti—At San Francisco—At Greytown—And Concluded at No. 3 Pier, North River, New York. single work   autobiography   prose   travel  
Issue Details: First known date: 1854... 1854 Jail Journal; or, Five Years in British Prisons. Commenced on Board the Shearwater Steamer, in Dublin Bay, Continued at Spike Island—On Board the Scourge War Steamer—On Board the 'Dromedary' Hulk, Bermuda—On Board the Neptune Convict Ship—At Pernambuco—At the Cape of Good Hope (during the Anti-Convict Rebellion)—At Van Diemen’s Land—At Sydney—At Tahiti—At San Francisco—At Greytown—And Concluded at No. 3 Pier, North River, New York.
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All Publication Details

First known date: 1854
Serialised by: The Citizen 1854 newspaper
Notes:
Serialised in the Citizen between 14 January 1854 and 19 August 1854.
    • New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
      c
      Americas,      :       Office of 'The Citizen' ,       1854 .
      image of person or book cover 4234453082771856175.png
      Link: 6747457Google Books - Digitised Copy
      Extent: 370 p. ; 19 cm.p.
      Description: [i] title page, [ii] copyright declaration and printer’s colophon, [iii] + iv-viii Contents, [9] + 10-24 Introductory, [25] + 26-370 main text.
      Note/s:

      • Copyright declaration:

        Entered according to the Act of Congress, in the year 1854, by John Mitchel, In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

        Colophon:

        W. H. Tinson, Printer and Stereotyper, 24 Beekman Street.

      Holdings

      Held at: State Library of Tasmania State Library of Tasmania
      Local Id: TC 920 MIT
    • Glasgow,
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      Scotland,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Cameron and Ferguson ,       1876 .
      Alternative title: Jail Journal; or, Five Years in British Prisons. Commenced on Board the Shearwater Steamer, in Dublin Bay, Continued at Spike Island—On Board the 'Scourge' War Steamer—On Board the 'Dromedary' Hulk, Bermuda—On Board the 'Neptune' Convict Ship—At Pernambuco—At the Cape of Good Hope (during the Anti-Convict Rebellion)—At Van Diemen’s Land—At Sydney—At Tahiti—At San Francisco—At Greytown—And Concluding at No. 3 Pier, North River, New York
      Extent: 320p.p.
      Edition info: 'Author's Edition'
      Description: [i] title [ii] blank, [iii] + iv-viii Contents, [9] + 10-20 Introductory, [21] + 22-320 Main Text.
      Note/s:
      • Published after Mitchel's death in 1875, this edition, priced at one shilling, was advertised as an 'Authorized Edition': 'By special arrangement, the Widow of the late John Mitchel has a personal pecuinary interest in these editions. The admirers of Mr Mitchel who may be anxious to display their appreciation of his services have now an opportunity to do so in a practical manner, which will benefit his family' (Belfast News-Letter, Sept 11, 1876, 1a).
    • Glasgow,
      c
      Scotland,
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      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       R. and T. Washbourne ,       ca. 1900 .
      Extent: 320p.p.
      Edition info: 'Author's Edition'
      Description: [i] title [ii] blank, [iii] + iv-viii Contents, [9] + 10-20 Introductory, [21] + 22-320 Main Text.
      Note/s:
      • Shares same collation and typesetting as the Cameron and Ferguson edition, as is also claimed to be the 'Author's Edition.' Likely to be a reprint from stereotype plates of the Cameron and Ferguson edition.
    • London,
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      England,
      c
      c
      United Kingdom (UK),
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       Burns and Oates ,       1876 .
      Alternative title: Five Years in British Prisons
      Extent: vii, 320 p. ; 19 cm.p.
    • Dublin, Dublin (County),
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      Ireland,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       M. H. Gill ,       1908 .
      Alternative title: Jail Journal : With an Introductory Narrative of Transactions in Ireland
      Extent: xlvii, 464p.
      Description: illus., ports
    • Dublin, Dublin (County),
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      Ireland,
      c
      Western Europe, Europe,      :       T. Fisher Unwin ; M. H. Gill ,       1913 .
      Extent: xlvii, 463p ; 21cm.p.
      Edition info: Original ed., with a continuation of the journal in New York and Paris, a preface, appendices, and illustrations.
Note: In this edition of Jail Journal, the journal itself is a facsimile of the M.H. Gill & Son edition originally published in Dublin in 1913. This edition was, according to a bibliographic note included in it, reprinted from The Citizen - Mitchel's first New York newspaper - in which Jail Journal was originally published from January 14th, 1854, to August 19th, 1854
Alternative title: Five Years in British Prisons
Alternative title: The Gardens of Hell : John Mitchel in Van Diemen's Land 1850-1853
    • Kenthurst, Baulkham Hills area, Northwest Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,: Kangaroo Press , 1988 .
      Extent: 126p.
      Note/s:
      • Selections from the author's jail journal, originally published in his newspaper, The Citizen, in New York in 1854; the principal source for this text is the edition published in 1913 by M.H. Gill, in Dublin.
      ISBN: 0864171919, 0864171986 (pbk.)
    • New York (State),
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      United States of America (USA),
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      Americas,      :       Woodstock Books ,       1996 .
      Alternative title: Five Years in British Prisons
      Extent: 336 p.p.
      ISBN: 185477218X
      Series: y separately published work icon Hibernia : Literature and Nation in Victorian Ireland United Kingdom (UK) : Woodstock Books , 1990-1999 9453279 1990 series - publisher prose

      Since 1845, a wide range of Irish literature including poetry, fiction, folklore, history and biographies has been published under the over-arching 'Hibernia' series title.

      Hibernia: Literature and Nation in Ireland is a series of facsimile reprints of works composed by Irish writers during the Victorian era.
Subjects:
  • Tasmania,
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    Ireland,
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • 1848-1854
Settings:
  • Dublin, Dublin (County),
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    Ireland,
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    Western Europe, Europe,
  • c
    Bermuda,
    c
    Americas,
  • Cape of Good Hope, Southern Africa, Africa,
  • Tasmania,
  • Sydney, New South Wales,
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    Tahiti,
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    Society Islands,
    c
    French Polynesia,
    c
    South Pacific, Pacific Region,
  • San Francisco, California,
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    United States of America (USA),
    c
    Americas,
  • New York (State),
    c
    United States of America (USA),
    c
    Americas,
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