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A Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Ship Oswego, on the Coast of South Barbary, And of the Sufferings of the Master and the Crew While in Bondage among the Arabs; Interspersed with Numerous Remarks upon the Country and its Inhabitants, and Concerning the Peculiar Perils of that Coast. by PADDOCK, Judah - 1818

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A Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Ship Oswego, on the Coast of South Barbary, And of the Sufferings of the Master and the Crew While in Bondage among the Arabs; Interspersed with Numerous Remarks upon the Country and its Inhabitants, and Concerning the Peculiar Perils of that Coast.

by PADDOCK, Judah

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London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, 1818. First edition. Quarto. xvi, 372 pp. Contemporary speckled boards, expertly rebacked and cornered in dark brown calf, smooth spine with gilt partitions and arabesques, green morocco lettering label. 19th century bookplate of the Literary Society of Friends. Altogether, a clean and lovely copy with wide margins. A rousing tale of piracy and slavery off the Barbary Coast.
  • Bookseller Nat DesMarais Rare Books, ABAA US (US)
  • Book Condition Used
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  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1818

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New York: Published by Captain James Riley. J. Seymour, printer, 1818. Softcover. Good. First American edition. Disbound. 186, [2]pp. Large chip and some ink notes on terminal blank, lacking all preliminaries before the title-page, else good.
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