Ending Sep 12, 2024 13:07 EST
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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Two works on shipwrecks
[SHIPWRECKS]
The narrative of Robert Adams, an American sailor, who was wrecked on the western coast of Africa in the year 1810, was detained three years in slavery by the Arabs of the Great Desert, and resided several months in the city of Tombuctoo. Boston and Philadelphia: Wells & Lilly and M. Carey and Son, 1817. First American edition. Full period calf. 8 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches (22 x 13 cm); xxxviii, [29]-200 pp.; folding map. Light binding wear, some foxing and toning; and MACKAY, ALEXANDER. Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Juno, off the coast of Aracan, in the year MDCCXCV... Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & T. Cadell, 1831. 19th-century brown calf, covers with a design in blind. 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches (17.25 x 10.5 cm); xiv, 106 pp. A little foxing, but a clean, uncut copy.
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[SHIPWRECKS]
The narrative of Robert Adams, an American sailor, who was wrecked on the western coast of Africa in the year 1810, was detained three years in slavery by the Arabs of the Great Desert, and resided several months in the city of Tombuctoo. Boston and Philadelphia: Wells & Lilly and M. Carey and Son, 1817. First American edition. Full period calf. 8 5/8 x 5 1/8 inches (22 x 13 cm); xxxviii, [29]-200 pp.; folding map. Light binding wear, some foxing and toning; and MACKAY, ALEXANDER. Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Juno, off the coast of Aracan, in the year MDCCXCV... Edinburgh & London: William Blackwood & T. Cadell, 1831. 19th-century brown calf, covers with a design in blind. 6 3/4 x 4 1/2 inches (17.25 x 10.5 cm); xiv, 106 pp. A little foxing, but a clean, uncut copy.
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, ending Sep 12, 2024
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Auction of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps on September 12, 2024
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