Oehler, Andrew | Author's edition of a memoir of suffering

Oehler, Andrew

The Life, Adventures, and Unparalleled Sufferings of… [Trenton, N.J.]: Printed for the Author, 1811

12mo (168 x 100 mm). Appendix at end; browning, foxing, and staining, dampstaining to right margin, one or two marginal chips. Full contemporary brown calf; rebound, corners repaired, one of which cracked, overall rubbed.

The Author's edition. "Born in Germany in 1781, Oehler left home at age thirteen in search of adventure. He had a knack for turning up in the briar patches of life… Whenever I am in the wrong place at the wrong time, I think of Andrew Oehler" (CCC, p. 61). 

REFERENCE:

CCC, p. 61; Sabin 56732; Toole Stott 869