Captain Canot; or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver. Being an Account of the Career and Adventures on the Coast, in the Interior, on Shipboard, and in the West Indies.
by Mayer, Brantz
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- first
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- Seller
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Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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About This Item
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.
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- Bookseller
- Raptis Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 142153
- Title
- Captain Canot; or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver. Being an Account of the Career and Adventures on the Coast, in the Interior, on Shipboard, and in the West Indies.
- Author
- Mayer, Brantz
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- D. Appleton and Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1854
- Keywords
- Captain Canot or Twenty Years of an African Slaver FIrst Edition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana;
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Glossary
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- Vignette
- A decorative design or illustration placed at the beginning or end of a ...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...