Dec 01, 2011 - Sale 2263

Sale 2263 - Lot 324

Price Realized: $ 240
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 300 - $ 400
(JAMAICA.) Dallas, Robert Charles. History of the Maroons . . . and the State of the Island of Jamaica. 2 folding maps, 2 frontispiece plates. 2 volumes. 8vo, original boards, needs binding; minor wear, related clipping on rear free endpaper; uncut; partial early bookplate and catalogue description on front pastedown. London, 1803
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Dallas was descended from an old Jamaican family and lived on the island for several years. "Based on the relations of participants in the war and a smattering of documentary knowledge. Prefaced by a succinct history of the island. . . . The narrative covering the Maroon troubles and observations regarding the state of the colony from their close to 1803 are presented in the form of 21 letters"--Ragatz 197. Sabin 18322.