Foote Commander (7 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Andrew Foote (illustrator). 1st Edition. 8vo. Original pictorial brown cloth with gilt anchor on front cover with the map and all the engravings, and early map of Africa and much on the African Slave. This was a northern probe and fact finding tour of Africa for the Northern states of America and supported the cause for the Abolition of Slavery. this is the American Navy on the side of the British in their desire to eradicate slavery off the face of the earth. Slavery that arcane institution based in the remote era of barbarisms has no place in a modern world would have been fine copy except for old damp stains in text.

390 [18, ads] pp. Map and tinted lithographic plates. 8vo, publisher's cloth. Bookplate; some light foxing throughout; cloth worn and sunned.

Hard Cover. No Jacket. Black cloth boards with soft spine, fairly scuffed and battered. Library nameplate on inside front cover, but no other library markings. Marbled edges. A lot of mottling throughout book, but pages are quite tight and intact. 390 pgs plus advertisements.note, shipping prices quoted are for North American standard shipping only. International, expedited or tracked shipping extra.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. With 8 plates, original cloth, rebacked, original back laid down, pp. 390.

Hardcover. 1st Edition. 390p plus advertisements. INSCRIBED BY THE AUTHOR. A hardcover book that has been recased, preserving the majority of the original green cloth. Good+ condition as a whole. The original cloth on the spine is tanned and has a small hole torn in the middle. Light, spotty stains on original cloth boards, most visibly on the back. Pencil notes and previous seller's description on front and back endpapers. Heavy foxing throughout and spotty dampstaining along top edges. Otherwise, text easily readable and binding tight. Inscribed by the author on the front endpaper, facing the bookplate of the man to whom the book is inscribed. Andrew H. Foote (1806-1863) was a U.S. naval officer during the Civil War. This is the first edition of his book about the slave trade and American colonial activity in Africa. Complete with 8 tinted plates.

First edition. First edition. With 8 tinted lithographed plates. 390, [18] pp. 1 vols. 8vo. Foote's own account of his experience as commander of the Perry off the African coast in the early 1850's, where his dogged attempts to suppress the African slave trade (illegal then under American law) became legendary. His impassioned account here did much to stir the growing public repugnance for the trade in America. Dumond, p. 52; Sabin 25013; Hess-Coger 5500; not in Bennett Original brown cloth with gilt anchor stamped on upper cover. Spine a little dulled, some light occasional foxing, overall a nice, tight copy With 8 tinted lithographed plates. 390, [18] pp. 1 vols. 8vo.

First Edition. Orig. cloth. Spine lightly faded and rubbed - Very Good. Colored plates. 8vo., Original green cloth embossed with gold anchor and lettering. Highly interesting account of Commander Foote's exploits in supressing the African slave trade off the coast of Africa in the early part of the 19th century. The book became an important source for the growing anti-slavery movement in the Unites States at the time. An excellent copy, clean and fresh. Small ex-lib sticker on front past down. No other markings.