Captive of the Corsairs ~ James Barbary
London: MacDonald & Co.‚ 1969‚ Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
*** First Edition ***

CONDITION NOTES

Very Good — in Good Dust Wrapper. Unlaminated dust wrapper a little edgeworn and faded with a short‚ closed‚ tear to the foot of the upper panel. Previous owner's lable to the first blank. Text complete‚ clean and tight otherwise.

ABOUT THIS BOOK

Contains: Black & white drawings;

From the cover: “In 1803 Tom O’Shaughnessy and his sister Cathleen were slaves in Tripoli. Life was not too unbearable for them and the risk involved in trying to escape seemed great. But when Tom learned that his sister was to be sent to the Sultan of Turkey as a gift for his harem‚ he felt that desperate measures were called for to get them out of the corsairs’ hands.

At that time most of the great naval powers were prepared to pay blackmail to the corsairs for the freedom of passage of their ships — but the young American navy was not and was at war with them. It was‚ therefore‚ to t…

  • Illustrated by C. R. Evans
  • In the Adventures in History series
  • 8” x 5½”
  • 141 pages.
  • ISBN: 0-356-02672-8
  • Dustwrapper over Orange boards‚ with Gilt titling to the Spine.
  • Packed Weight: 0.90 Kg.



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