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Boston: Frederick T. Gray, 1826. Book. VG. Soft cover. 8vo. 23pp extract, salvaged from a damaged issue of the North American Review, Volume XXII, Number 51, April, 1826. This is a contemporary review of the scarce title published by Cummings, Hilliard, and Company, Boston, 1826. Housed in protective mylar report cover..

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Boston. Cummings, Hilliard, and Company. 1826. 8vo. 21.7cm, first edition, viii,310p., some slight foxing, in full contemporary sheep, typical of American publicatons of the day the text is toned, the binding while sound is worn on the edges, wanting the title label, for its day a good to very good copy (tr.dt). Shaler served as joint commissioner with Commodore Stephen Decatur in the negotiation of the U.S.-Algiers Treaty of 1815. He remained in Algiers as the U.S. consul-general until 1828. He remained in Algiers for twelve years, enjoying great prestige with both foreigners and natives. His book contains remarkably accurate observations of the country, its government, and its history and his book served as a guide to the French expedition of 1830.' (DAB) ~ Not in Smith's, "American Travellers Abroad

Boston: Cummings, Hilliard, & Company, 1826. first edition; viii, 310 pp., original boards & cloth backstrip, with label to the spine; covers worn and moderately soiled, foxing to the endpapers with an occasional fox mark to the text, otherwise internally clean and tight. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country. Photos available upon request.

Boston: Cummings, Hilliard, And Company, 1826., 1826. 8vo. pp. viii, 310. Uncut in original cloth-backed bds. (spine & joints quite chipped & frayed, spine label wanting, some foxing & browning throughout). First Edition. Shaler served as joint commissioner with Commodore Stephen Decatur in the negotiation of the U.S.-Algiers Treaty of 1815. He remained in Algiers as the U.S. consul-general until 1828 except for a one-year leave of absence from April 1821 until the summer of 1822. 'Shaler remained at Algiers for twelve years, enjoying great prestige with both foreigners and natives.in 1826 he published Sketches of Algiers, a volume which contains remarkably accurate observations of the country, its government, and its history during his residence there; the book is said to have served as a guide to the French expedition of 1830.' (DAB) Gay 969bis. Not in Smith, American Travellers Abroad.. F. Hardcover.

Boston, 1826. viii,310pp. Original cloth backed, paper covered boards, paper label. Front hinge weakening, binding rubbed and worn. Institutional bookplate on front pastedown. Scattered foxing. Good, untrimmed. A fine association copy, bearing an inscription on the front free endpaper: "Peter S. Duponceau Esq. Philadelphia. Forwarded by the publishers, at the request of the author, who is now in Algiers. Boston March 21st" and with Duponceau's ink ownership stamp on the titlepage. Duponceau, (1760-1844), was born in France, served in the Continental Army as aide to Baron von Steuben and Nathanael Greene, and became a noted Philadelphia lawyer and philologist. His correspondence with William Shaler on the language, manners, and customs of the Berbers of Africa was published by the American Philosophical Society. An important work on Algiers by the American Consul General William Shaler, who sailed with Decatur's squadron in 1815 as part of a mission to secure a peace treaty with Algiers. Shaler… Read More