Beyond a Cincinnati Legacy: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fleischmann III, Part II

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[SHIPWRECK]. JEWITT, John Rodgers. Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings...During a captivity of nearly three years among the Savages of Nootka Sound. [Edited by Richard Alsop.] Middletown: Seth Richards, 1815.

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[SHIPWRECK]. JEWITT, John Rodgers. Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings...During a captivity of nearly three years among the Savages of Nootka Sound. [Edited by Richard Alsop.] Middletown: Seth Richards, 1815.

8vo. Engraved frontispiece. (Frontispiece and title-page frayed with minor losses affecting text and plate; some overall browning and staining). Contemporary calf (upper cover detaching, some wear).

FIRST EDITION of Jewitt's work, "with the exception of Dana's book, the best-known and most popular of the early narratives of adventure on the western coast" (Hill). The Boston, a trading vessel, was seized by natives in the Nootka Sound after the captain insulted the chief; nearly the entire crew, excluding Jewitt and one other member, were massacred. Jewitt's work includes information about the life and habits of his captors, and includes a vocabulary of the Nootka language. Hill 888; Howes A-189; Sabin 36123.

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Beyond a Cincinnati Legacy: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fleischmann III, Part II

[SHIPWRECK]. JEWITT, John Rodgers. Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings...During a captivity of nearly three years among the Savages of Nootka Sound. [Edited by Richard Alsop.] Middletown: Seth Richards, 1815.

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