[Rarebooks] FS: Narrative of the Shipwreck and Sufferings of Miss Ann Saunders...

[Steve Hanly]

We are pleased to offer:

[Shipwreck Narrative.]   Saunders, Ann.   NARRATIVE OF THE SHIPWRECK AND 
SUFFERINGS OF MISS ANN SAUNDERS, WHO WAS A PASSENGER ON BOARD THE SHIP 
FRANCIS MARY, WHICH FOUNDED AT SEA ON THE 5TH FEB. 1826 ON PASSAGE FROM 
NEW BRUNSWICK TO LIVERPOOL.  MISS SAUNDERS WAS ONE OF THE SIX SURVIVORS 
WHO WERE DRIVEN TO THE AWFUL EXTREMITY OF SUBSISTING 22 DAYS ON THE DEAD 
BODIES OF SUCH OF THE UNFORTUNATE CREW AS FELL VICTIMS TO STARVATION -- 
ONE OF WHOM WAS A YOUNG MAN TO WHOM SHE WAS SOON TO BE JOINED IN 
MARRIAGE.* * 1827.  Printed for Z. S. Crossmon.   Providence.   38 pp.   
Original/early blue wrappers with overcast stitch at backstrip.  
Wrappers stained; early owner's name boldly in ink on both front and 
rear wrapper.  Lacks 2/3 of folding frontispiece (supplied in 
facsimile).  Generally mild foxing and staining throughout.  Some edge 
and corner wear. 
With a title like this, a blurb seems unnecessary.  Shoemaker: 30525.  
Huntress: 234C.    [Item no. 2907.]   $400.00.

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