Nov 18, 2008 - Sale 2163

Sale 2163 - Lot 271

Price Realized: $ 840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(CHILE.) [Prince, George.] Rambles in Chili and Life among the Araucanian Indians in 1836. 8vo, modern library binding, original printed wrappers bound in with minor wear; slight browning; library binding stamp on rear pastedown. Thomaston, ME, 1851

Additional Details

Adventures of a sailor on board the Chilean brig of war Achilles, originally published in a Thomaston newspaper. Wright's American Fiction lists this, but cautiously notes that it is "based upon an actual trip." Not seen at auction since this copy was sold at Swann NYHS sale, 5 October 1978, lot 383.