D. Appleton and Company, 1854. Illustrated cloth bound first edition hardcover of Captain Canot; Twenty Years of an African Slaver being an account of his career and adventures on the coast, in the interior, on shipboard, and in the West Indies, written out and edited from the Captain's journals, memoranda and conversations by Brantz Mayer.

Includes 6 black and white engravings. 448 pages plus 12 pages of advertisements.

The author Brantz Mayer was a lawyer and historian who founded the Maryland Historical Society in 1844. He was appointed president of the Maryland Union State general committee in 1861. His aide to the Union was perhaps instrumental in winning the Civil War is a claim that you can't fact check.

Fair. Missing the frontispiece, and missing pages vii-x of the introductory sections (part of an opening letter and the start of the table of contents). What is available of the contents section is photographed. Pages 323-236 and pages 395-398 are detached and loosely inserted. Every page checked for completeness. Binding is intact with a lean. Covers quite worn especially to the spine. Interior pages foxed.