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Published by Printed By Samuel T. Armstrong, for Caleb Bingham, 1814
Leather Binding. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" Tall (small thin). Upper cover detached (but present); general wear to edges and extremities (chiefly to spine edges and foredges); scuffing and rubbing to covers (leather; chiefly at edges); previous owner's markings on front endpapers (tipped-on periodical clipping with pencil annotations on front attached endpaper; holograph ink signature and pencil markings on front free endpaper); slight internal browning and/or foxing (chiefly to edges and endpapers). 178 pages + plate. Later American issue of the narrative of the tragically fated Native American woman; 'Second Edition' (title page recto), with the original printed 'advertisement' at front (dated April, 1802; see Sabin #12240 for the first issue; originally published in France in 1801). Fairly tight copy internally, despite external flaws; bound in full period brown calf, plain endpapers, all edges trimmed. Bingham (1757-1817), Connecticut-born and Boston-based bookseller, textbook author and editor, noted advocate of free public education; graduate of Dartmouth (1782); editor of 'The Columbian Orator' (1797).1 Engraved Illustration / Plate (frontispiece).