Various. The Quarterly Review - No.32 (XXXII) - April 1817 - Contains: Review of 'Travels in Brazil', by Henry Koster. Catalogues of Books, Pamphlets Published by John Hatchard, and Books Published by Samuel Leigh. An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig Commerce, Wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa, in the Month of August, 1815, by James Riley. Narrative of a Residence in Ireland During the Summer of 1914, and that of 1815, by Anne Plumptre. The Veils of the Triumph of Constancy, A Poem in Six Books, by Miss Porden. Laou-sing-urh or "An Heir in his Old Age" a Chinese Drama. Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening. Tales of my Landlord. John Murray, London, 1817.

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Condition: Good

Description: Paperback copy, no dustjacket as issued. Untrimmed page edges. Includes 43 page review of 'Travels in Brazil', by Henry Koster, plus 10 page review of The Veils, or the Triumph of Constancy. A Poem in Six Books, by Miss Porden. Also contains catalogues of books, pamphlets published by John Hatchard, and books published by Samuel Leigh. With new publications and index to rear. Front cover states "No. XXXII April 1817". Page in book states "Oct. 1916 & Jan. 1917 Vol. XVI 1917". Not library copy, no inscriptions, some rippling to spine and pages, rubbing to cover edges, darkening to page edges, bottom corner torn off to ffep. (21/6)

Seller: CURIO, Grimsby, N. E. Lincolnshire, United Kingdom

James Riley. Loss of the American Brig Commerce, Wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa in the Month of August, 1815. With an Account of Tombuctoo, and of the Hitherto Undiscovered Great City of Wassanah. John Murray, London, 1817.

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Condition: Very Good

Description: Rebound in modern red cloth. Boards show little wear. The hinges and the spine are good. Title page soiled. Light foxing on the pages. Apparently lacking several of the preliminary leaves. Folding map. 618 pages. First Englih Edition. Sabin 71389.

Seller: M and N Books and Treasures, Bellevue, WA, U.S.A.

RILEY James.. Loss of The American Brig Commerce, Wrecked on The Western Coast of Africa, in The Month of August 1815. With an Account of Tombuctoo, and of The Hitherto Undiscovered Great City of Wassanah.. London: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1817.

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Description: First English edition. Quarto (27 x 21cm). 'We do not remember having to meet with a personal narrative more deeply distessing or more painfully interesting- Allibone. pp. xvi,618pp. With a large folding engraved map linen-backed. Bound in slightly later half calf with label, gilt, and marbled boards. The spine & corners rubbed, but quite sound, the fore-edge foxed, but not encroaching onto margins. 1920 ownership inscription indicating purchase in Casablanca. Vg. [Sabin 71398; Gay 2790; Mill 402; Howgego R15; Hanson 132; Lowndes 2096; Allibone 1808]

Seller: Colin Page Books, Storrington, United Kingdom

RILEY James. Loss of the American Brig Commerce, wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa, in the month of August, 1815. With an Account of Tombuctoo, and of the hitherto undiscovered great City of Wassanah. , 1817.

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Description: 1st edition. With a large folding map (this a little carelessly folded). 4to. Very smart contemporary half calf with back richly gilt including in the uppermost panel an ownership cypher, corners rubbed. xvi,618pp. John Murray. London. With the armorial bookplate of Sarah Sophia Child, Lady Jersey, also known ironically as ?Silence?

Seller: Maggs Bros. Ltd ABA, ILAB, PBFA, BA, London, United Kingdom

James Riley. Loss of the American Brig Commerce, Wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa, in the month of August, 1815. With an Account of Tombuctoo, and of the Hitherto Undiscovered Great City of Wassanah.. John Murray, London, 1817.

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Description: The first UK edition of Captain James Riley's shocking account of the wrecking of his ship and subsequent enslavement of him and his crew by marauding Sahrawi natives. The uncommon first UK edition of American merchant ship Captain James Riley's account of the 1815 wreckage of the Commerce. Illustrated with a large folding map frontispiece.First published earlier in the same year in America, under the title 'An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig Commerce'.Riley's shocking account of the events following the running aground of the merchant ship off the coast of Morocco in August 1815, and the capture and enslavement of Riley and the remaining crew members by local tribes. Rilely's account is one of extreme dehydration, severe starvation, and brutality as they roamed the Sahara desert with their captors.A smart copy of the first UK edition of a work quoted by Abraham Lincoln as one of the six most influential works he read in his youth. Rebound in quarter calf, with paper covered boards and endpapers renewed. Externally, exceptionally smart. Title page and folding map lightly age toned, with pages otherwise generally clean and bright, with only the odd spot. Very Good Indeed

Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United Kingdom