Search Results: an authentic narrative of the shipwreck by bradley mrs eliza

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Boston: Printed By James Walden, 1820. Title page dated 1820. Lacks two of the three panels of the folding frontis engraving. Marbled boards with brown leather spine, 108 pages. Covers heavily rubbed, binding sound, front free endpaper absent, pages foxed but otherwise clean, names on rear endpapers, no other markings. Harrowing tale of six months' captivity including five away from her husband and crew members. . Hard Cover. Fair. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall.

Boston: James Walden,. Fair with no dust jacket. 1820. First American Edition. Hardcover. Quarter bound, with a brown leather spine and paper boards. Extremities rubbed, marked. LACKS the folding frontispiece and any further plates. As far as I can ascertain the second plate was only added to the second edition, but at this age it could be a case of the publishers added plates if they had any on hand? . Browning to paper internally throughout due to age and the type of paper used. Some spotting. No Inscriptions, but a few tears/closed tears, due to the friable paper, but No loss. Lacks the rear free endpaper, o/w complete. Apparently this is "almost certainly spurious account of the 'shipwreck and sufferings' of Mrs Eliza Bradley, supposedly autobiographical, but borrowed in large part from Captain James Riley's 1816 account of his capture and exploits on the 'coast of Barbary'. ". Whatever the source, this is an ORIGINAL and early fascinating account, and a… Read More

Boston:: Printed for James Walden,, 1823.. old leather backed marbled boards.. Old ink signature; frontispiece damaged as noted; light foxing; binding very worn but tight and sound.. 12mo,. Folding frontispiece chipped at the outside edge affecting the image; split along folds; one plate..