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Two Early Pamphlets on Africa, including: P. J. Dumont. Narrative of Thirty-Four Years Slavery and Travels in Africa... (Total: 2 Items)
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Two Early Pamphlets on Africa, including: P. J. Dumont. Narrative of Thirty-Four Years Slavery and Travels in Africa. [and:] James Prior. Voyage Along the Eastern Coast of Africa. Both published in London in 1819. Both disbound. Both very good. From the Professor John Ralph Willis Collection of Rare Africana.More Information:
This lot contains: P. J. Dumont. Narrative of Thirty-Four Years Slavery and Travels in Africa, Collected from the Account Delivered by Himself, by J. S. Quesne. London: Sir Richard Phillips, 1819. Presumed first edition. Octavo, disbound. iv, 46 pages, including two-page supplement. Engraved portrait frontispiece. Very good. [and:] James Prior. Voyage Along the Eastern Coast of Africa to Mosambique, Johanna, and Quiloa; to St. Helena; to Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, and Pernambuco in Brazil, in the Nisus Frigate. London: Sir Richard Phillips, 1819. Presumed first edition. Octavo, disbound. v, 114 pages. Fold-out maps, one engraved plate. Very good.
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2010 February Signature Rare Books Auction #6038 (go to Auction Home page)
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February, 2010
11th-12th
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