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RARE. AMERICANA. FIRST AMERICAN PROSE.

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JOSEPH MORGAN. THE HISTORY OF THE KINGDOM OF BASARUAH. BOSTON 1715. 12 MO. IN FULL CONTEMPORARY CALF. ENDPAPERS AND PRELIMINARIES APPEAR TO COME FROM AN EARLY BROADSIDE. ASSUMED BY HISTORIANS TO BE THE FIRST PROSE FICTION TO BE WRITTEN IN AMERICA BY AN AMERICAN. REPUTIDLY ONLY 4 OTHER COPIES EXIST. RARE PIECE OF EARLY AMERICAN PUBLISHING.

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Pelham Estate of Helen Leale Harper Jr.
7:00 AM PT - Feb 23rd, 2008

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Philip Weiss Auctions

1 Neil Court
Oceanside, NY 11572
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