[Rarebooks] fs: 1836 - Lafitte, Pirate of the Gulf (2 vols)

[Back Creek Books]

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(No. 8669 )  [Ingraham, Joseph Holt] (1809-1860). LAFITTE: THE PIRATE OF THE 
GULF (COMPLETE IN 2 VOLUMES).
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1836. First printing, Cloth, Duodecimos, 213 & 
216 pages. Near Fine.
      Ingraham's first novel, published in an edition of 2,500 copies, tells 
the story of the legendary New Orleans pirate, Jean Lafitte (ca1780-ca1826). 
Lafitte and his men performed such gallant service for Andrew Jackson in the 
Battle of New Orleans that President James Madison and Louisiana Governor 
Claiborne pardoned them for the clandestine and lawless trade they had been 
operating from their haven on the island of Barataria at he mouth of the 
Mississippi River. Madison's proclamation of pardon and the sketch from 
Timothy Flint's "History and Geography of the Mississippi Valley" which 
inspired Ingraham are both included at the end of volume II. Lafitte moved 
his operations to Galveston, Texas not long after the end of the War of 
1812. SABIN #34774. Both volumes have been slightly trimmed and expertly 
rebound in dark blue cloth over boards with marbled paper sides and new 
marbled endpapers, spines titled in gilt. Top edges gilt, prior owner name 
dated 1836 at top of both title pages. Some minor scattered foxing inside, a 
few minor extremity rubs to bindings.    $275.00
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