Item #405812 Journal of an African Cruiser; Comprising Sketches of the Canaries, the Cape de Verds, Liberia, Madeira, Sierra Leone, and Other Places of Interest on the West Coast of Africa. Horatio BRIDGE, Nathaniel HAWRTHORNE.
Journal of an African Cruiser; Comprising Sketches of the Canaries, the Cape de Verds, Liberia, Madeira, Sierra Leone, and Other Places of Interest on the West Coast of Africa

Journal of an African Cruiser; Comprising Sketches of the Canaries, the Cape de Verds, Liberia, Madeira, Sierra Leone, and Other Places of Interest on the West Coast of Africa

New York: George P. Putnam & Co., 1853. 8vo (7.25 x 5 inches). viii, 179 pages. Original green cloth, gilt-lettered on spine. A very good copy with some light spotting to first few leaves, and light wear at extremities, bookplate of Henry A. Hoffmann and neat ownership signature on front free endpaper. Item #405812

FIRST EDITION, BAL printing C with cancel title-page dated 1853. BAL 7597; Clark A14.1.c(1). See Hill 183 for the first British edition.

Price: $100.00