Lot 236
  • 236

YOUNG, ACCOUNT OF BLACK CHARAIBS, 1795, [AND] THE WEST-INDIA COMMON-PLACE BOOK, 1807

Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 GBP
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Description

  • Two works, comprising:
An Account of the Black Charaibs in the Island of St. Vincent's. London: for J. Sewell and Knight and Triphook, 1795, FIRST EDITION, 8vo (205 x 123mm.), folding table, modern calf-backed marbled boards, [Sabin 106124, mentioning 2 tables on 3 leaves], bookplate of Sir Vicary Gibbs, new endpapersThe West-India Common-place book; compiled from Parliamentary and Official Documents; shewing the interest of Great Britain in its Sugar Colonies. London: for Richard Phillips, 1807, FIRST EDITION, 4to (275 x 212mm.), 2 engraved folding maps, 2 folding tables, errata leaf, later half brown calf, pebbled boards, [Sabin 106128], bookplate of William Kemp, without advertisements, occasional dampstaining, a few leaves becoming detached, upper cover becoming detached

Condition

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