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WHELAND, William. A Narrative of the Horrid Murder & Piracy committed on board the Schooner Eliza, of Philadelphia, on the high seas by three foreigners...together with an account of the surprizing recapture of the said schooner, by Captain Wheland, the only person to escape from their Barbarity. N.p: Folwell's Press, 1800. 8o (220 x 135 mm.)
Old ink notations to title and following leaf, some uncut edges slightly tired and finger-soiled. Later gray wrappers, uncut (rear wrapper spotted), cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION of this account of axe-murder on the high seas, a crew killed by mutiny with only the captain spared to navigate and the captain's single-handed (almost literally as he was wounded in the arm) recapturing of his vessel from the pirates.
Provenance: With a TLS from Michael Walsh of Goodspeed's Bookshop dated 24 April 1956 offering the present lot at $35 and commenting on the connection with another pamphlet in the Driscoll Collection (see lot 151). OCLC lists two locations. Evans 39087; Sabin 103227.
Old ink notations to title and following leaf, some uncut edges slightly tired and finger-soiled. Later gray wrappers, uncut (rear wrapper spotted), cloth folding case. FIRST EDITION of this account of axe-murder on the high seas, a crew killed by mutiny with only the captain spared to navigate and the captain's single-handed (almost literally as he was wounded in the arm) recapturing of his vessel from the pirates.
Provenance: With a TLS from Michael Walsh of Goodspeed's Bookshop dated 24 April 1956 offering the present lot at $35 and commenting on the connection with another pamphlet in the Driscoll Collection (see lot 151). OCLC lists two locations. Evans 39087; Sabin 103227.