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London: Harris and Son 1823. (16mo) 191pp. Very good. Frontispiece, illus. - alas but 22 of 24 copperplate engravings. Tenderness to joints and wear to head & tail. Hinges tender. Some age staining within, not too deleterious. A contemporary inscription at the end of the Preface pertaining to authorship in a fine, neat hand. Osborne, p.229, cites only a 3rd edition with frontispiece dated 1828. A good example of very early binder's cloth, first used in England by Wm. Pickering in 1820-'21..
The Adventures of Congo in Search of His Master by Farrar, Eliza - 1846
by Farrar, Eliza
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The Adventures of Congo in Search of His Master
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Boston: Munroe & Francis, 1846. Early Edition. Hardcover. Near fine. Second American edition (from the Preface). 12mo. 168pp. Original ribbed cloth; gilt spine. Illustrated with wood engravings. Ownership name and date of 1867. A very faint dampstain at the lower corner, short separation at bottom of upper hinge, else a near fine copy. The story of Congo, a slave, based on fact, whose travels took him to the British Isle. First published in 1823 anonymously. See Osborne, p. 229, for the third British edition. Rare.
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The Adventures of Congo in Search of His Master; an American Tale. Containing a True Account of a Shipwreck, and Interspersed with Anecdotes Founded on Facts
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