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Indian Captivities

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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. [ 1815]. 166pp., including in-text illustrations, lacking leaf with pp.95-96. Frontispiece. 12mo. Original cloth-backed printed paper boards. Boards soiled, rubbed, and scuffed; worn around the edges. Text tanned and foxed. Lacking the leaf with pages 95-96, which was apparently never bound into this copy, else good. An expanded.....

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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, otherwise clean internally. Very good. In a blue half leather slipcase. Atherton.....

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NARRATIVES OF CAPTIVITY AMONG THE INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA. A LIST OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS...IN...

NARRATIVES OF CAPTIVITY AMONG THE INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA. A LIST OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS...IN THE EDWARD E. AYER COLLECTION. [bound with:] SUPPLEMENT....

Ayer, Edward E.:

[New York. 1991]. 120,49pp. Cloth. As new. Recent reprint of the catalogue and supplement of the Ayer collection, still the best reference for Indian captivities.

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NARRATIVES OF CAPTIVITY AMONG THE INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA. A LIST OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS ON...

NARRATIVES OF CAPTIVITY AMONG THE INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA. A LIST OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS ON THIS SUBJECT IN THE EDWARD E. AYER COLLECTION OF THE NEWBERRY LIBRARY [bound with:] SUPPLEMENT....

[Ayer, Edward E.]: Smith, Clara A.

Chicago: The Newberry Library, 1912, 1928. x,120; vii,[1],49pp. Original brown printed wrappers bound into modern three- quarter red morocco and cloth, spine gilt. Some insect damage to cloth. Light toning and foxing to supplement. Very good. The catalogue and supplement of the Ayer collection, still the best reference for Indian.....

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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 on.....

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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 shelfwear, 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 following.....

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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.

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

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

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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 ADVENTURES AND SUFFERINGS OF MATTHEW BRAYTON, IN HIS...

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

Brayton, Matthew:

Cleveland. 1860. 68pp. 12mo. Original half muslin and printed paper boards. Hinges tender. Boards a bit soiled, worn at spine ends. Contemporary ownership inscription on front free endpaper. A few fox marks, but generally clean and fresh internally. A very good copy. In a cloth clamshell case, leather label. A.....

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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, ed.:

[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. Untrimmed. Very good plus. First edition, limited to 300 copies. The personal account of Father Brebeuf, Franco-Jesuit Missionary, of his time living among the Hurons. Brebeuf first.....

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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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"GO AHEAD!" DAVY CROCKETT'S ALMANACS, 1838 - 1845]. Davy Crockett

["GO AHEAD!" DAVY CROCKETT'S ALMANACS, 1838 - 1845].

[Crockett, Davy]:

Nashville, Boston, and New York. 1837-1844. Eight issues. Individual details and paginations provided below. All with original illustrated wrappers. Condition details provided below. In a cloth chemise and half morocco and cloth clamshell box, spine gilt. An impressive collection of eight of the celebrated series of ALMANACS that helped make.....

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THE POST-CAPTAIN: OR THE WOODEN WALLS WELL MANN'D: COMPRISING A VIEW OF NAVAL SOCIETY AND...

THE POST-CAPTAIN: OR THE WOODEN WALLS WELL MANN'D: COMPRISING A VIEW OF NAVAL SOCIETY AND MANNERS. ALSO, A SELECTION OF FAVORITE SEA SONGS.

[Davis, John]:

Boston. 1831. 3-180pp. Original green boards, orange paper label. Very good. In a half calf slipcase. Self-styled fifth American edition taken from the tenth London edition. The work first appeared in 1806. Davis' novel, sometimes attributed to John Moore, was an exceedingly popular work of fiction that contains the rare.....

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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, 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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THE SHIPWRECK AND DREADFUL SUFFERINGS OF ROBERT BARROW, WITH DIVERS OTHER PERSONS, AMONGST THE...

THE SHIPWRECK AND DREADFUL SUFFERINGS OF ROBERT BARROW, WITH DIVERS OTHER PERSONS, AMONGST THE INHUMAN CANNIBALS OF FLORIDA....

Dickenson, Jonathan:

Salem [Ohio]: Re-published by Joshua Shinn, 1826. 120pp. 12mo. Original half calf and paper boards. Binding quite rubbed and edgeworn, front hinge broken. Tanned and foxed. Good. A later edition of GOD'S PROTECTING PROVIDENCE..., originally published in 1699, and one of the most popular of 18th-century captivity narratives. The author.....

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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. Newly 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.....

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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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LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF DANIEL BOON THE FIRST WHITE SETTLER OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY...TO WHICH IS...

LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF DANIEL BOON THE FIRST WHITE SETTLER OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY...TO WHICH IS ADDED A NARRATION OF HIS LATTER LIFE UNTIL HIS DEATH...

[Filson, John]:

[New York. 1916]. 42pp. Modern three-quarter morocco over marbled papers, spine gilt. Extremities rubbed. Modern bookplates on pastedowns. Very clean interior. Very good plus. Reprint of the Brooklyn, 1823 edition, published as no. 17 of Heartman's Historical Series. A recounting of the life of American pioneer, Daniel Boone. The first.....

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SEIZURE OF THE SHIP INDUSTRY, BY A CONSPIRACY, AND THE CONSEQUENT SUFFERINGS OF CAPT. JAMES FOX...

SEIZURE OF THE SHIP INDUSTRY, BY A CONSPIRACY, AND THE CONSEQUENT SUFFERINGS OF CAPT. JAMES FOX AND HIS COMPANIONS; THEIR CAPTIVITY AMONG THE ESQUIMAUX INDIANS IN NORTH AMERICA; AND THE MIRACULOUS ESCAPE OF THE CAPTAIN...ALSO, THE PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE AND SUFFERINGS OF CAPTAIN BOYCE, IN THE YEAR 1727.

[Fox, James]:

London: Printed for Thomas Tegg, [n.d., ca. 1810]. [5]-28pp. plus folding aquatint frontispiece. Early 20th-century three-quarter calf and marbled boards, spine gilt. Spine slightly chipped and darkened. Line below imprint blacked out on titlepage. Some light soiling. Very good, with the bookplate of Frank Cutter Deering on front pastedown. One.....

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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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