Jun 21, 2012 - Sale 2282

Sale 2282 - Lot 55

Price Realized: $ 780
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 500
(CHILDREN'S LITERATURE.) [Farrar, Eliza; or Gardiner, William; attributed to.] The Adventures of Congo in Search of His Master: An American Tale. 24 hand-colored engraved illustrations on 12 leaves. 12mo, original cloth, light discoloration on covers, spine faded, with later owner's crude hand-written paper lettering piece; offsetting from illustrations onto facing pages throughout, expert repair to clean horizontal tear across title-page, another in lower outer corner of frontispiece on verso. London: Harris and Son, 1823

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first edition of a children's novel about the experiences of a black slave separated from his American master when their ship hits an iceberg during a voyage to England.