Dec 04, 2003 - Sale 1988

Sale 1988 - Lot 508

Price Realized: $ 1,150
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Estimate: $ 200 - $ 300
INDIAN CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE [WEST, BENJAMIN.] [Bickerstaff's Genuine Boston Almanack for 1787.] Title-page with a full-page illustration with a caption along the side "The Sons of Coke and Littleton returning from a rich Feast at Concord Court." 24 pages. 12mo, stitched self-wrappers; minor browning and edge tears. [Boston, 1786]
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Contains the first American appearance of Isaac Stewart's Indian captivity. Also includes a long preface signed by Bickerstaff discussing the spurious printings of his almanacs. Not in Ayer. Evans 20136; Drake 3379; Phelps 897.