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NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES AND SUFFERINGS OF JOHN R. JEWITT; ONLY SURVIVOR OF THE CREW OF THE...

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. Embellished with ten engravings.

[Alsop, Richard, editor]:

New York: Printed for the Publisher, [ 1815]. 166pp., including in-text illustrations. Frontispiece. 12mo. Original cloth-backed printed paper boards. Boards chipped, soiled, noticeably rubbed and scuffed, with printed text on front board somewhat obscured. Text tanned and foxed. Good. An expanded version of Jewitt's very rare JOURNAL KEPT AT NOOTKA.....

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NARRATIVE OF THE SUFFERING & DEFEAT OF THE NORTHWESTERN ARMY, UNDER GENERAL WINCHESTER. William...

NARRATIVE OF THE SUFFERING & DEFEAT OF THE NORTHWESTERN ARMY, UNDER GENERAL WINCHESTER....

Atherton, William:

Frankfort, Ky. Printed for the author... 1842. 152pp. 12mo. Original half calf and paper boards, printed paper label. Mild chipping to spine ends, boards foxed and lightly soiled. Small leather bookplate of Frank Cutter Deering on front pastedown, bookplate of C.R. Sanders to rear pastedown, otherwise clean internally. Very good.....

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NARRATIVE OF THE MASSACRE, BY THE SAVAGES, OF THE WIFE & CHILDREN OF THOMAS BALDWIN, WHO, SINCE...

NARRATIVE OF THE MASSACRE, BY THE SAVAGES, OF THE WIFE & CHILDREN OF THOMAS BALDWIN, WHO, SINCE THE MELANCHOLY PERIOD OF THE DESTRUCTION OF HIS UNFORTUNATE FAMILY, HAS DWELT ENTIRELY ALONE, IN A HUT OF HIS OWN CONSTRUCTION, SECLUDED FROM HUMAN SOCIETY, IN THE EXTREME WESTERN PART OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY....

Baldwin, Thomas:

New York. 1837. 24pp. Later three quarter calf and boards, rebacked. Some foxing. Good. This is the third edition listed in Howes, after the first of 1835. A melancholy tale, as the title indicates. The titlepage vignette depicts a forlorn Baldwin sitting outside his hut, wrapped in a blanket...

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THE INDIANS: OR NARRATIVES OF MASSACRES AND DEPREDATIONS ON THE FRONTIER IN WAWASINK AND ITS...

THE INDIANS: OR NARRATIVES OF MASSACRES AND DEPREDATIONS ON THE FRONTIER IN WAWASINK AND ITS VICINITY DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION....

[Bevier, John Hornbeck]:

Rondout, N.Y. Bradbury & Wells, 1846. 79pp. Original printed wrappers bound into modern half brown morocco and green cloth, gilt- lettered spine (spine incorrectly dated "1849"). Internally bright and clean. Very good. An engaging history of Indian depredations along the New York frontier during the Revolution, particularly of a raid.....

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NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY OF WILLIAM BIGGS AMONG THE KICKAPOO INDIANS IN ILLINOIS IN 1788....

NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY OF WILLIAM BIGGS AMONG THE KICKAPOO INDIANS IN ILLINOIS IN 1788.

Biggs, William:

[New York]. 1922. 36pp. Original grey paper boards, printed paper label on front board. Bookplate on front pastedown. Very minor shelf wear, else fine. Number 37 in Heartman's Historical Series, one of only eighty-one copies printed on regular paper (plus another five on Japan paper). This is the second edition.....

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THE CAPTIVE IN PATAGONIA: OR, LIFE AMONG THE GIANTS. A PERSONAL NARRATIVE. Benjamin Franklin Bourne

THE CAPTIVE IN PATAGONIA: OR, LIFE AMONG THE GIANTS. A PERSONAL NARRATIVE....

Bourne, Benjamin Franklin:

Boston. 1853. 233pp. plus ads. Frontis. Plates. Original cloth. Edgeworn, chipped at base of spine, cloth soiled. Some foxing of plates, else internally very good. The author was captured at Patagonia on a schooner voyage to California, escaped after three months, and reached the gold mines in California in February.....

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THE INDIAN CAPTIVE. A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES AND SUFFERINGS OF MATTHEW BRAYTON IN HIS...

THE INDIAN CAPTIVE. A NARRATIVE OF THE ADVENTURES AND SUFFERINGS OF MATTHEW BRAYTON IN HIS THIRTY-FOUR YEARS OF CAPTIVITY AMONG THE INDIANS OF NORTH-WESTERN AMERICA.

[Brayton, Matthew]:

Fostoria, Oh. The Gray Printing Company, 1896. 70pp. 12mo. Original printed boards, cloth spine. Head and toe of spine bit worn. Leaves a bit tanned. Very good. According to Ernest J. Wessen, this reprint is rarer than the first edition of 1860 published in Cleveland. Brayton was stolen near his.....

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THE TRAVELS & SUFFERINGS OF FATHER JEAN DE BREBEUF AMONG THE HURONS OF CANADA AS DESCRIBED BY...

THE TRAVELS & SUFFERINGS OF FATHER JEAN DE BREBEUF AMONG THE HURONS OF CANADA AS DESCRIBED BY HIMSELF.

Brebeuf, Jean de: Besterman, Theodore, editor:

[London]: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1938. 196,[3]pp. Folio. Original half red and black cloth, gilt leather label. Minor wear. Internally bright and clean. Very good plus. Untrimmed. First edition, limited to 300 copies. The personal account of Father Brebeuf, Franco- Jesuit Missionary, of his time living among the Hurons. Brebeuf.....

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ABSARAKA (AB-SA-RA-KA) HOME OF THE CROWS. Margaret I.: Quaife Carrington, Milo

ABSARAKA (AB-SA-RA-KA) HOME OF THE CROWS.

Carrington, Margaret I.: Quaife, Milo, editor:

Chicago: Lakeside Press R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co., 1950. liii,354,[6]pp., including full-page maps and in-text illustrations, plus two plates. Folding frontispiece map. 12mo. Original dark red cloth, spine gilt, front board gilt-ruled with gilt-stamped publisher's logo center, t.e.g. Spine slightly faded. Interior generally clean and unmarked. Publisher's card laid in.....

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OUR LIFE AMONG THE IROQUOIS INDIANS. Harriet S. Caswell

OUR LIFE AMONG THE IROQUOIS INDIANS.

Caswell, Harriet S.:

Boston and Chicago: Congressional Sunday-School and Publishing Society, [ 1892]. xiii,[1],321pp. including illustrations. Portrait frontis. Original pictorial cloth, gilt-lettered spine and cover. Internally bright and clean. Near fine. In a half morocco box. Bookplate of noted Americana collector Frank Cutter Deering on front pastedown. A description of missionary life among.....

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THE VOYAGES DANGEROUS ADVENTURES, AND IMMINENT ESCAPES, OF CAPT. RICHARD FALCONER...INTERMIXED...

THE VOYAGES DANGEROUS ADVENTURES, AND IMMINENT ESCAPES, OF CAPT. RICHARD FALCONER...INTERMIXED WITH THE VOYAGES AND ADVENTURES OF THOMAS RANDAL...TO WHICH IS ADDED, A GREAT DELIVERANCE AT SEA, BY WILLIAM JOHNSON, D.D. CHAPLAIN TO HIS MAJESTY.

[Chetwood, William]:

London: Printed for J. Marshall, 1734. 219,[3],42pp. 12mo. Modern three-quarter morocco and marbled boards, spine gilt. Bottom portion of spine darkened. Bookplates on front endpapers, foxed, tanned, a few old dampstains. Small chip at bottom of titlepage, not affecting text. Good. The "fourth edition, corrected." A shipwreck narrative with Americana.....

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THE LITTLE OSAGE CAPTIVE, AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE. Elias Cornelius

THE LITTLE OSAGE CAPTIVE, AN AUTHENTIC NARRATIVE.

Cornelius, Elias:

Boston. 1822. 108pp. Lacks view of Brainerd plate. Frontis. 16mo. Contemporary calf-backed boards, gilt title on spine. Spine ends worn, edges rubbed. Tanned, some foxing. A good copy. "The little Osage captive was rescued by missionaries from amongst the Cherokees, and given the name of Lydia Carter" - Ayer. The.....

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A JOURNAL CONTAINING AN ACCURATE AND INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF THE HARDSHIPS, SUFFERINGS, BATTLES,...

A JOURNAL CONTAINING AN ACCURATE AND INTERESTING ACCOUNT OF THE HARDSHIPS, SUFFERINGS, BATTLES, DEFEAT, AND CAPTIVITY OF THOSE HEROIC KENTUCKY VOLUNTEERS AND REGULARS, COMMANDED BY GENERAL WINCHESTER, IN THE YEARS 1812-13....

Darnell, Elias:

Philadelphia. 1854. 98,[1]pp. plus [8]pp. of advertisements. 16mo. Original roan backed printed boards, later paper spine label. Outer hinges worn, chipped at spine extremities, shelf label removed from front cover deleting some letters in subtitle. A few light traces of foxing, else internally fine. Later edition of this popular narrative.....

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ONGELUKKIGE SCHIPBREUK EN YSLYKE REYSTOGT, VAN ETLYKE ENGELSCHEN, IN DEN JAARE 1696 VAN JAMAIKA...

ONGELUKKIGE SCHIPBREUK EN YSLYKE REYSTOGT, VAN ETLYKE ENGELSCHEN, IN DEN JAARE 1696 VAN JAMAIKA IN WEST-INDIEN, NA PENSYLVANIA T'SCHEEP GEGAAN, EN IN DE GOLF VAN FLORIDA....

Dickenson [i.e. Dickinson], Jonathan:

Leyden: Pieter van der Aa, [ 1707?]. [28]pp., printed in double columns (with the actual printed foliations, totaling 50, referring to the columns). Folding map and three in-text illustrations. Folio. Modern three-quarter cloth and marbled boards, spine gilt. Faint stain in upper outer corner of most text leaves. Closed tear.....

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NOTES, ON THE SETTLEMENT AND INDIAN WARS, OF THE WESTERN PARTS OF VIRGINIA & PENNSYLVANIA, FROM...

NOTES, ON THE SETTLEMENT AND INDIAN WARS, OF THE WESTERN PARTS OF VIRGINIA & PENNSYLVANIA, FROM THE YEAR 1763 UNTIL THE YEAR 1783 INCLUSIVE. TOGETHER WITH A VIEW, OF THE STATE OF SOCIETY AND MANNERS OF THE FIRST SETTLERS OF THE WESTERN COUNTRY.

Doddridge, Joseph:

Wellsburgh, Va. Printed...for the Author, 1824. [4],316pp. Contemporary calf, leather label. Early ownership signature on front free endpaper. Tanned, some minor staining, a few marginal tears expertly repaired. Very good. "Classic on the life of the first settlers beyond the Alleghenies. Doddridge's parents moved to Washington County, Pennsylvania, then a......

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A NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY AND SUFFERING OF DOLLY WEBSTER AMONG THE CAMANCHE INDIANS IN TEXAS...

A NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY AND SUFFERING OF DOLLY WEBSTER AMONG THE CAMANCHE INDIANS IN TEXAS WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE MASSACRE OF JOHN WEBSTER AND HIS PARTY, AS RELATED BY MRS. WEBSTER.

Dolbeare, Benjamin:

New Haven: Yale University Library, 1986. xi,34pp. Cloth-backed boards. As new. Issued by the Yale Collection of Western Americana, this reprints the only known copy of the Dolly Webster captivity, purchased by Yale in 1985. Thomas Streeter noted the book in his BIBLIOGRAPHY OF TEXAS (1453), but had never seen.....

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SEVEN AND NINE YEARS AMONG THE COMANCHES AND APACHES. Edwin Eastman

SEVEN AND NINE YEARS AMONG THE COMANCHES AND APACHES.

[Eastman, Edwin]:

Jersey City: Clark Johnson, 1873. 309,[2]pp. Portrait frontis. Original orange cloth. Rubbed, contemporary ownership signature on front free endpaper and pastedown, scattered foxing, a bit loose. Good. "A revoltingly fictious story written to advertise Dr. Clark Johnson's Indian blood syrup, and made up mainly of descriptions of Indian life and.....

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HISTOIRE DE KENTUCKE, NOUVELLE COLONIE A L'OUEST DE LA VIRGINIE. John Filson

HISTOIRE DE KENTUCKE, NOUVELLE COLONIE A L'OUEST DE LA VIRGINIE....

[Filson, John]:

Paris. 1785. [4],xvi,234pp. plus folding map. Half title. Contemporary French mottled calf, spine gilt extra, leather label, patterned endpapers. Extremities rubbed. Contemporary ownership inscription on front fly leaf. Internally clean. Very good plus. The first French edition of Filson's pioneering history of the settlements in Kentucky, issued the year after.....

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HISTOIRE DE KENTUCKE, NOUVELLE COLONIE A L'OUEST DE LA VIRGINIE. John Filson

HISTOIRE DE KENTUCKE, NOUVELLE COLONIE A L'OUEST DE LA VIRGINIE....

[Filson, John]:

Paris: Chez Buisson, 1785. [4],xvi,234pp. plus folding map. Half title. Contemporary French mottled calf, rebacked, retaining original spine tooled in gilt, morocco gilt label, marbled endpapers. Light wear to extremities. Later ink annotations on front free endpaper, titlepage, and final leaf, else quite clean internally. Later bookseller's label on rear.....

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ADVENTURES OF COL. DANIEL BOON [sic], ONE OF THE ORIGINAL SETTLERS AT KENTUCKY; CONTAINING THE...

ADVENTURES OF COL. DANIEL BOON [sic], ONE OF THE ORIGINAL SETTLERS AT KENTUCKY; CONTAINING THE WARS WITH THE INDIANS ON THE OHIO, FROM 1769, TO THE YEAR 1784.... [Contained in:] BEERS'S ALMANAC AND EPHEMERIS...FOR...1795.

[Filson, John]: [Boone, Daniel]: Beers, Andrew:

Hartford: Printed by Hudson and Goodwin, [ 1794]. [36]pp. Illustration. 12mo. Gathered signatures, stitched. Tanned and somewhat soiled. Good. In a half calf and cloth slipcase, spine gilt, with chemise. One of the earliest printings of Filson's Daniel Boone narrative, occupying eight pages of the Beers almanac for 1795. The.....

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A NARRATIVE OF THE SUFFERINGS OF MASSY HARBISON, FROM INDIAN BARBARITY, GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF HER...

A NARRATIVE OF THE SUFFERINGS OF MASSY HARBISON, FROM INDIAN BARBARITY, GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF HER CAPTIVITY, THE MURDER OF HER TWO CHILDREN, HER ESCAPE, WITH AN INFANT AT HER BREAST; TOGETHER WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE CRUELTIES OF THE INDIANS, ON THE ALLEGHENY RIVER, &c. DURING THE YEARS, 1790, '91, '92, '93, '94. COMMUNICATED BY HERSELF.

Harbison, Massy:

Pittsburgh: Printed by S. Engles, 1825. 66pp. 12mo. Contemporary half muslin and paper boards. Boards quite worn and rubbed. Front free endpaper torn. Old stain in upper outer corner of titlepage and first three leaves of text. Tanning and foxing. A very decent copy, in original, unsophisticated condition. In a......

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A NARRATIVE OF THE SUFFERINGS OF MASSY HARBISON, FROM INDIAN BARBARITY, GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF HER...

A NARRATIVE OF THE SUFFERINGS OF MASSY HARBISON, FROM INDIAN BARBARITY, GIVING AN ACCOUNT OF HER CAPTIVITY, THE MURDER OF HER TWO CHILDREN, HER ESCAPE, WITH AN INFANT AT HER BREAST; TOGETHER WITH SOME ACCOUNT OF THE CRUELTIES OF THE INDIANS, ON THE ALLEGHENY RIVER, &c. DURING THE YEARS, 1790, '91, '92, '93, '94. COMMUNICATED BY HERSELF.

Harbison, Massy:

Pittsburgh: Printed by S. Engles, 1825. 66pp. 12mo. Contemporary half muslin and paper boards. Boards heavily worn, chipped, and stained. Text tanned, with some stains. Lower portion of leaf C torn, touching a few letters of text, leaf F with a small tear in the upper margin, also touching a......

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TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES IN CANADA AND THE INDIAN TERRITORIES, BETWEEN THE YEARS 1760 AND 1776. IN...

TRAVELS AND ADVENTURES IN CANADA AND THE INDIAN TERRITORIES, BETWEEN THE YEARS 1760 AND 1776. IN TWO PARTS.

Henry, Alexander:

New York. 1809. [6],330pp. plus errata leaf. Contemporary half speckled calf and boards, leather label. Some foxing or light tanning, bookplates, but very good. Frontispiece portrait in facsimile. Part I consists of Henry's reminiscences of fur trading among the Indians of the upper Great Lakes region, and his escape from.....

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A NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY OF NEHEMIAH HOW IN 1745 - 1747. Nehemiah How

A NARRATIVE OF THE CAPTIVITY OF NEHEMIAH HOW IN 1745 - 1747....

[How, Nehemiah]:

Cleveland. 1904. 72pp. Facsimile titlepage. Pictorial cloth, gilt extra. Slight edge wear, else a near fine, partially unopened copy. Reprinted from the original 1748 edition in an edition of 267 copies, of which 250 were offered for sale; this is copy number 16. How was a Vermonter captured by Indians.....

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SKETCHES OF BORDER ADVENTURES, IN THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MAJOR MOSES VAN CAMPEN, A SURVIVING...

SKETCHES OF BORDER ADVENTURES, IN THE LIFE AND TIMES OF MAJOR MOSES VAN CAMPEN, A SURVIVING SOLDIER OF THE REVOLUTION.

Hubbard, John M.:

Bath, N.Y. 1842. 310pp. Later three quarter morocco and cloth. Ex- lib. with faint stamp on titlepage. Early ink ownership inscription on second blank preliminary leaf. Scraped at edges, scattered foxing, else very good. The second edition, issued the year after the first. Describes Van Campen's experiences as an Indian.....

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