Search Results: Adventures Of an African Slaver by Brantz Mayer

Applewood Books, 2008-10-10. Paperback. Like New.

Applewood Books, 2008-10-10. Paperback. New.

Garden City, New York: Garden City, 1928. Book. Illus. by Covarrubias, Miguel. Good. Cloth. Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Garden City, NY, 1928. Reprint. 8vo. Black cloth with yellow lettering on spine, illustrated in black and white by Miguel Covarrubias, 376 pp. A true account of Captain Theodore Canot, trader in gold, ivory and slaves on the Coast of Guinea: his own story as told in the year 1854 to Brantz Mayer and now edited with an introduction by Malcolm Cowley. A compelling read. Rare! Bindings frayed and shelf-worn, endpapers and illustrations showing some foxing, pages slightly tanned but not brittle, owner name but otherwise no markings. Good..

Garden City/ Star Books Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Edge wear to jacket. Bookplate. One-inch by two-inch scuff to jacket on spine.

Paperback / softback. New.

NY: Albert & Charles Boni, 1928. 3rd pr. Hardcover. Very Good/None. Miguel Covarrubias. Hardcover, pictorial boards with a black cloth spine. 376 pages with illustrations, endpapers, and cover design by Miguel Covarrubias. Frontispiece loose, otherwise a clean copy. Record # 383767

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

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

Garden City: A Star Book, Garden City Publishing Co, 1928. Hardcover. Octavo; G-; Ex-library; Hardcover; Spine, black with gold print, call number label at bottom; Boards in black cloth, cocked spine, light wear to spine caps and corners, light shelfwear; Text block has tanning to endpapers, penciled library marking in gutter of dedication page, remainder of label on rear pastedown, spine break at p. 26, else clean and tight; xxi, 376 pages, frontispiece, illustrated (b&w plates). 1364242. FP New Rockville Stock.

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

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1854. First edition, early issue of the historian's detailed account of the African slave trade without the misprint on page 191. Octavo, bound in contemporary calf, rebacked, additional vignette title. In very good condition, hinges reinforced. American author, lawyer, and historian Brantz Mayer founded the Maryland Historical Society in 1844, which is today the oldest cultural institution in the U.S. state of Maryland. During the American Civil War, Mayer was an active Unionist, and in 1861 was appointed president of the Maryland Union State general committee, and did much to aid the Union cause.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1854. Hardcover. Good. First edition. Octavo. Brown cloth stamped in gold on spine, 448pp., followed by ads. Owner's early ink name on front pastedown, binding askew and worn at extremities, few short tears and some splitting on the spine that has been archivally mended, front hinge is tender and mended a good only copy. A detailed account of the African slave trade, which was eventually reprinted and edited by Malcolm Cowley.

New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1854. Hardcover. Near Fine. First edition. Octavo. 448pp. + ads. Brown cloth stamped in gold on spine. Owner's early ink name on front flyleaf, spine with modest wear, a few signatures a little sprung but the binding is tight, a very good copy. A detailed account of the African slave trade, which was later reprinted and edited by Malcolm Cowley.