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LINCOLN, Charles Barnabas. Narrative of the Capture, Sufferings & Escape of Capt. Barnabas Lincoln and His Crew, who were taken by a piratical schooner, December, 1821, off Key Largo. Boston: Printed by Ezra Lincoln, 1822. 8o. Stiched, disbound, slipcase (small marginal repairs to title and last leaf). FIRST EDITION of a vivid account of piracy in the Florida Keys; the pirate captain claimed to be a Mexican patriot and his ship flew the flag of the Mexican republic. Sabin 41242; Bradlee, Piracy in the West Indies, p.79 (commenting on the practice, rare at this date, of marooning captives on deserted islands).

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LINCOLN, Charles Barnabas. Narrative of the Capture, Sufferings & Escape of Capt. Barnabas Lincoln and His Crew, who were taken by a piratical schooner, December, 1821, off Key Largo. Boston: Printed by Ezra Lincoln, 1822. 8o. Stiched, disbound, slipcase (small marginal repairs to title and last leaf). FIRST EDITION of a vivid account of piracy in the Florida Keys; the pirate captain claimed to be a Mexican patriot and his ship flew the flag of the Mexican republic. Sabin 41242; Bradlee, Piracy in the West Indies, p.79 (commenting on the practice, rare at this date, of marooning captives on deserted islands).