French and Indian Cruelty Exemplified, in the Life, and Various Vicissitudes of Fortune of Peter Williamson...

Edinburgh: Printed for and Sold by the Booksellers, 1792. "who was carried off from Aberdeen in his Infancy, and sold for a Slave in Pennsylvania." In 1754, after a series of abductions and adventures that carried him from his homeland, Williamson was taken prisoner by a group of Cherokee Indians. He escaped after a year and subsequently joined the army before being wounded and shipped back to Plymouth, England. He then walked back to Aberdeen, telling his stories enroute, which he later published as this book. The frontispiece engraving, "Peter Williamson in the Dress of a Delaware Indian" shows him smoking a pipe. First published in York, England in 1757, it went through several printings prior to this 1792 edition. See Howes W-500, who notes, "Among British readers the most popular of all Indian captivities; describes the 1755 Oswego expedition." See also Field 1677. Sabin 104474. Only a single copy of this edition has sold at auction since 1901, and that one lacked the frontispiece. Nothing but modern reprints online. Bound in calf over marbled boards. Binding and spine label worn. Back board detached but present, as is the frontispiece. Housed in fabric "flipflop" and slipcase.. 17 cm. vi-156 pp. b/w frontispiece