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Riley, James. An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig Commerce, Wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa, in the Month of August, 1815, With an Account of the Sufferings of Her Surviving Officers and Crew, Who Were Enslaved by the Wandering Arabs on the Great African Desert, or Zahahrah; and Observations Historical, Geographical, &c. Made During the Travels of the Author, While a Slave to the Arabs, and in the Empire of Morocco .. James Riley (Self Published), 1817.

Price: US$300.00 + shipping

Condition: Fair

Description: AS IS. 1817 edition. Brown leather boards with a black block and gilt lettering on the spine. Pages contain markings, soiling, and discoloration. One page has been ripped out. Pages have absorbed a mild incense (from age). Foxing on edges of pages. Cover has major wear and bumpng on corners and spine. Cover has discoloration and rubbing. Hinges are very loose and are separating from the inside and outside. Binding still secure. Bottom of spine is missing.

Seller: My Dead Aunt's Books, Hyattsville, MD, U.S.A.

James Riley. An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig Commerce, Wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa.account of the Sufferings of Her Surviving Officers and Crew, Who Were Enslaved By the Wandering Arabs on the Great African Desart, or Zahahrah. Published by the Author, 1817.

Price: US$675.00 + shipping

Condition: Good

Description: [Fine binding] Octavo. Bound in modern brown morocco, gilt, raised bands, marbled endpapers. Fine binding and cover. xiv, [2], 554, xvi p., 6 plates (of 9), folding map of Africa. Frontis of Riley remounted and chipped along margins. 2 plates have small tears. Lacking 3 plates. Restoration to folding map, marginal loss along folds. Tanning, foxing, scattered staining. Shaw et Shoemaker, 41989. Sabin 71397. A captivating account of Riley and his crew's punishing enslavement in Western Sahara by Sahrwai natives. Upon his redemption from slavery, Riley devoted himself to anti-slavery work. President Abraham Lincoln listed this book as one of the three most influential works that shaped his political ideology, particularly on slavery.

Seller: Sequitur Books, Boonsboro, MD, U.S.A.