COLLIS, Louise

Soldier in Paradise: The Life of Captain John Stedman, 1744-1797

London: Michael Joseph, [1965]. First Edition. Octavo (22cm); original simulated cloth in brown pictorial dust jacket; 230pp.; 8 leaves of illustrations printed on rectos and versos, pictorial endpapers, maps in text. Light shelf-wear, else Very Good to Near Fine.

Biography of the British-Dutch soldier best known for his work The Narrative of a Five Years Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes in Surinam (1796), which would serve early abolitionist activities.

Price: $25.00

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