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BRADLEY, ELIZA. An authentic narrative of the shipwreck and sufferings of Mrs. Eliza Bradley, wife of captain James Bradley, of Liverpool, England, commander of the ship Sally, which was wrecked on the coast of Barbary in June 1818. Written by herself…
Ithaca, Mack, Andrus, & Woodruff, 1837. 12mo, pp. 90; folding woodcut frontis of Mrs. Bradley being led into captivity on camel-back (torn, but with repair on verso), 2 other full-p. woodcuts; original printed paper-covered boards, quite worn, spine partially perished, but the binding is intact. Huntress, no. 202: "According to the narrative…all on board became prisoners of the desert Arabs. Mrs. Bradley, sustained by her Bible, endured her captivity for about six months, and was then ransomed… This narrative is almost certainly spurious… The wreck is not recorded at Lloyd's, or in the Custom House records. Parts of Mrs. Bradley's Narrative are taken directly from Captain Riley's Sufferings in Africa…"
Offered for US$ 250.00 by: Rulon-Miller Books ABAA/ILAB - Book number: 25958