Feb 27, 2007 - Sale 2105

Sale 2105 - Lot 34

Price Realized: $ 450
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
COLOMB, CAPTAIN [PHILIP HOWARD.] Slave-Catching in the Indian Ocean. A Record of Naval Experiences. Frontispiece, folding map and additional illustrations. Large, thick 8vo, original 1/4 black polished calf and marbled paper-covered boards; professionally re-backed in the style of the period. London: Longman, Green, 1873

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first edition. An account of an ongoing expedition to harass and capture the Zanzibar slavers. Though officially eliminated in 1807, the slave trade continued and was especially strong among the African slavers from Oman and Zanzibar.