COLLINS, Daniel. Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Brig Betsey, of Wiscasset, (Maine) and Murder of Five of Her Crew, By Pirates on the Coast of Cuba...by Daniel Collins one of the only two survivors. Wiscasset: John Dorr, 1825. 8o (223 x 130 mm.) Some light spotting throughout. Original gray wrappers. FIRST EDITION of this exciting and gruesome account of a pirate attack on a shipwrecked crew, complete suspense without fiction[?], the author gives a vivid description of the events. "...they were telling us in broken English that American beef was good for their knives..." A badly delivered blow, while "taking the skin and flesh in its way" also cuts enough of our narrator's restraints to allow him to fall into the water and wade to shore, where the chase begins. He is also careful to include much natural detail of the Keys on his escape. SCARCE. Howes gives this an "a", but only one copy has appeared at auction in 20 years. Howes C589.

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COLLINS, Daniel. Narrative of the Shipwreck of the Brig Betsey, of Wiscasset, (Maine) and Murder of Five of Her Crew, By Pirates on the Coast of Cuba...by Daniel Collins one of the only two survivors. Wiscasset: John Dorr, 1825. 8o (223 x 130 mm.) Some light spotting throughout. Original gray wrappers. FIRST EDITION of this exciting and gruesome account of a pirate attack on a shipwrecked crew, complete suspense without fiction[?], the author gives a vivid description of the events. "...they were telling us in broken English that American beef was good for their knives..." A badly delivered blow, while "taking the skin and flesh in its way" also cuts enough of our narrator's restraints to allow him to fall into the water and wade to shore, where the chase begins. He is also careful to include much natural detail of the Keys on his escape. SCARCE. Howes gives this an "a", but only one copy has appeared at auction in 20 years. Howes C589.