[Rarebooks] FS: Pfeiffer's "...Five Years' Captivity in Algiers" Harrisburg, PA: 1836

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(TRAVEL) Pfeiffer, G. S. F.   THE VOYAGES AND FIVE YEARS' CAPTIVITY IN 
ALGIERS, of Doctor G. S. F. Pfeiffer: with an Appendix, Giving a True 
Description of the Customs, Manners, and Habits of the Different Inhabitants of the 
Country of Algiers. Translated from the Second German Edition by I. Daniel 
Rupp. Harrisburg, PA: John Winebrenner. 1836. 12mo. vi,398pp. Bound in early 
20th c. brown morocco over boards, now somewhat rubbed and top of spine a bit 
abraded. Some text foxing.     $300.00 (trade discount allowed)
The first English translation of this account of travel and North African 
slavery. AMERICAN IMPRINTS #39519.

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