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USA: Ye Galleon Press, 1967. Book. Good. Hardcover. Facsimile Reprint. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 161 pages. Copy #817 of 1522. Black and white illustrations. Unmarked with moderate wear. Binding sound. Gilt-decorated front board. A quality copy..
Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of John R Jewitt by Jewitt, John R - 1967
by Jewitt, John R
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Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of John R Jewitt
by Jewitt, John R
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Fairfield, WA : Ye Galleon Press , 1967 . Limited Edition . Near Fine . 8VO . Originally published in 1817. Limited to 1522 copies of which this is #448. Jewitt's memoir of his capture by the Nootka and the great chief Maquinna. Lightest of wear, spine slightly darkened.
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- Place of Publication Fairfield, WA
- Date Published 1967
- Pages 161 pp.
- Keywords Vancouver Island
- Size 8VO
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Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt - Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston , During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Savages of Nootka Sound - Hand Numbered Copy
by Jewitt, John R
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A Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt; Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston, During a Captivity of Nearly Three Years Among the Savages of Nootka Sound: With an Account of the Manners, Mode of Living, and Religious Opinions of the Natives
by John R. Jewitt
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New York: Daniel Fanshaw, 1816. Hardcover. Third Edition. 4 x 7in. 298pp. Engraved frontispiece. Bound in three quarters leather over paper-covered boards. Title label in gilt. FAIR. Shows loss from the extremities and paper boards, preliminaries lightly toned and handled, slightly over-opened at the front hinge, endpapers with a spot of discoloration, otherwise the binding is strong and tight, the text is clean and unmarked, and the boards remain distinct. As pictured.
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Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt; Only Survivor of the Crew of the Ship Boston, during a captivity of nearly three years among the Savages of Nootka Sound: with an account of the Manners, Mode of Living, and Religious Opinion of the Natives
by JEWITT, John R
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Ithaca, NY: Mack, Andrus, & Co, 1849. Binding rubbed at extremities; some spotting internally. 12mo. 166 pages. Engraved frontispiece of "The Ship Boston Taken by the Savages at Nootka Sound," small cuts in text. Contemporary sheep, leather spine label. Later edition (the first was n.d., but before 1815). Pilling 1987; Sabin 36123 ("A popular book, compiled from Jewitt's "Oral Relations." by Richard Alsop. Another edition edited by S. G. Goodrich, "Peter Parley." 12mo, pp. 259. It affords us many particulars concerning the life and habits of the aborigines. A vocabulary of the Nootka language occupies four pages.").
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