(CANADA) [Alsop Richard; editor] A Narrative of the Adventur

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(CANADA.) [Alsop, Richard; editor.] A Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of John R. Jewitt. Frontispiece plate, worn with slight loss. 12mo, contemporary calf, worn; finger-soiling, moderate dampstaining, chip to leaf F5 touching text; early inscriptions on front endpapers. Middletown, CT: Seth Richards, 1815

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first edition, second issue. Jewett was captured after a shipwreck by the natives of the Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island. His captivity narrative was the earliest in this region. Ayer, Captivity 152; Howes A189; Pilling 1985; Sabin 36123.