LEE, WILLIAM The True And Interesting Travels of William Lee...
London: T. and R. Hughes, [1808]. Second edition (first obtainable, see note). Later brown calf. 6 3/4 x 4 inches (17.25 x 10 cm); [3], 8-40 pp., engraved frontispiece. Loss at head of spine, front joint cracked and the rear is starting, contents lightly soiled with spotting to frontispiece and title.

An account of William Lee's exciting adventures in colonial America. Lee arrived in New York City in 1768 and soon travelled west through Pennsylvania, the Ohio Territory, to New Orleans, Pensacola, and finally Georgia, where he lived for a time as a farmer. The Revolutionary War forced his departure, first to Jamaica and then on to England, where he arrived in 1782. Notably, Lee writes extensively about the Native Americans he encountered, and also gives an account of his trying experiences as an English loyalist during the Revolutionary War. Rare: the York first printing of circa 1782 possibly exists in a single copy (at the University of Georgia) - the last copy of this second edition at auction was the Siebert copy in 1999. Not in Clark, Hubach, or DeRenne. Howes L222; Sabin 39805

C The Collection of Jay I. Kislak sold to benefit the Kislak Family Foundation

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