Horrors Of Slavery

Troy: Printed by Oliver Lyon for the Author, 1808. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo, 298 pages; G; bound in contemporary full calf, some rubbing, wear, and scraping to binding, leather label with gilt titling to spine; housed in a VG buckram covered slipcase, red label with gilt titling; ink stains to endpapers and pastedowns page [3/4] with small hole in… Read more about this item

Troy: Oliver Lyon, 1808. First Edition. Full leather. Very good. First edition of William Ray's Horrors of Slavery: or, The American Tars in Tripoli, rebound in a full leather binding.. Twelvemo, 298pp. Full modern calf, title in gilt over red leather spine label, gilt double-ruled bands, new endpapers. Toning and foxing throughout, soiling to pages and outer edge… Read more about this item

New. First published in 1808, ""Horrors of Slavery"" is the tale of a sailor, captured during the United States' first military encounter with the Islamic world, the Tripolitan War. William Ray, along with three hundred crewmates, spent nineteen months in captivity after his ship, the Philadelphia, ran aground in the harbor of Tripoli. Imprisoned, Ray witnessed - and… Read more about this item

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.