- Africa and the American Flag.
Africa and the American Flag.
Foote, Commander Andrew H.
D. Appleton & Co., ( 1854), New York
12 x 20 cm. 390, (18 publisher's ads) pp. Colored and duotone lithograph plates.
Price: $150
Narrative of 1849 cruise against slave trade. “The book was influential in its day in arousing sentiment against the slave traffic.” – Smith “American Travellers” F46. See also Smith “American Navy” II, 2421. Bound in publisher’s decorated cloth, which shows light wear. A stain intrudes on the outer margin of the last 100 pages of the book, with scattered foxing throughout. A good copy.
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