AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND SUFFERINGS OF MRS. ELIZA BRADLEY, THE WIFE OF CAPT. JAMES BRADLEY OF LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, COMMANDER OF THE BRITISH SHIP SALLY WHICH WAS WRECKED ON THE COAST OF BARBARY.
Bradley, Eliza:
Boston: James Walden, 1821. 108pp. with folding woodcut frontispiece and one full page woodcut illustration. 12mo. Contemporary half leather and marbled boards. Worn at extremities, some loss to paper on front board. Contemporary ownership inscription to front flyleaf and titlepage, light staining to endpapers. Very good. An unusual American edition with the scarce folding frontispiece woodcut, depicting Eliza Bradley's delivery into captivity. Originally appearing in 1820, Bradley's story is one of fantastic survival. She accompanies her husband on a voyage to Teneriffe, but their ship is wrecked off the coast of Barbary during a violent storm. They survive, but soon after their landing, they are captured by a band of Arabs and made slaves. Her husband manages an escape and is able to return to purchase her freedom. Bradley's narrative proved exceedingly popular, going through numerous editions in New England and New York. Though not recorded in American Imprints, NUC locates one copy of the this edition at Brown University. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 4822 (variant ed.).
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