An Authentic Narrative Of The Loss Of The American Brig Commerce Wrecked On The Western Coast Of

by James Riley Capt

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New York: published by the author, 1818. 8vo, pp. xiv, 2 , 407; 10 engraved plates; lacks the folding map; pp. 229-30 bound out of order and with a hole with loss to a total of 20 lines recto and verso ; frontispiece trimmed in the gutter and reinserted; the recto of the frontispiece with an interesting presentation from Riley: Commodore James Barron from his friend and admirer James Riley, Washington Feby. 27, 1819. Bound with, as issued: Paddock, Judah. A

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