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Lot 549
Sale 1277 - Beyond a Cincinnati Legacy: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fleischmann III, Part II
Nov 17, 2023
10:00AM ET
Online / Cincinnati
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$189
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Lot Description
[AMERICAN SAILOR NARRATIVES]. A group of 6 narratives, many written by American Naval officers, comprising:
1.
SHERBURNE, Andrew. Memoirs of... A Pensioner of the Navy of the Revolution. Utica: William Williams, 1828. 8vo. Modern quarter leather.
2.
LEECH, Samuel. Thirty Years from Home, or a Voice from the Main Deck. Boston: Tappan, Whittemore & Mason, 1843. Octavo. Modern cloth. Fifteenth edition.
3.
FOX, Ebenezer. The Adventures of Ebenezer Fox, in the Revolutionary War. Boston: Charles Fox, 1848. Octavo. Illustrated. Modern cloth.
4.
DUNHAM, Jacob, Captain. Journal of Voyages: Containing an Account of the Author's Being Captured... by Gibbs the Pirate. New York: For the Author, 1851. Octavo. Illustrated. Original cloth (rebacked preserving original spine).
5.
DRAYTON, Daniel. Personal Memoir, for Four Years and Four Months a Prisoner (For Charity's Sake) in Washington Jail. Boston & New York: Bela Marsh & American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society, 1855. Octavo. Frontispiece. Original cloth (some light wear).
6.
Voyage and Venture, or the Pleasures and Perils of a Sailor's Life. Philadelphia: H. C. Peck & Theo. Bliss, 1860. Octavo. Illustrated. Original cloth.