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(Riley, James, 1777-1840)

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Riley, James, 1777-1840: An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig Commerce, Wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa, in the Month of August, 1815 (New York: T. and W. Mercein, 1817), ed. by Anthony Bleecker (multiple formats at archive.org)
Riley, James, 1777-1840: An Authentic Narrative of the Loss of the American Brig Commerce, Wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa, in the Month of August, 1815 (New York: Leavitt and Allen, 1859) (page images at HathiTrust)
Riley, James, 1777-1840, contrib.: An Authentic Narrative of the Shipwreck and Sufferings of Mrs. Eliza Bradley (parts said to be plagiarized from Riley; Boston: J. Walden, 1820), by Eliza Bradley
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Riley, James, 1777-1840, contrib.: An Authentick Narrative of the Shipwreck and Sufferings of Mrs. Eliza Bradley, the Wife of Captain James Bradley of Liverpool, England, Written by Herself (parts said to be plagiarized from Riley; Ithaca: Mack, Andrus and Woodruff, 1835), by Eliza Bradley (page images at HathiTrust)

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Riley, James, 1777-1840: An authentic narrative of the loss of the American brig Commerce : wrecked on the western coast of Africa in the month of August 1815 : with an account of the sufferings of her surviving officers and crew, who were enslaved by the wandering Arabs, on the great African desart [sic], or Zahahrah ... (T.& W. Mercein, 1817) (page images at HathiTrust)
Riley, James, 1777-1840: An authentic narrative of the loss of the American brig Commerce, wrecked on the western coast of Africa, in the month of August, 1815. With an account of the sufferings of her surviving officers and crew, who were enslaved by the wandering Arabs on the great African desart, or Zahahrah; and observations historical, geographical, &c., made during the travels of the author, while a slave to the Arabs, and in the empire of Morocco. (The author, 1817) (page images at HathiTrust)
Riley, James, 1777-1840: An authentic narrative of the loss of the American brig Commerce, wrecked on the western coast of Africa, in the month of August, 1815, with an account of the sufferings of the surviving officers and crew, who were enslaved by the wandering Arabs, on the African desart, or Zahahrah; and observations historical, geographical, &c. made during the travels of the author, while a slave to the Arabs, and in the empire of Morocco. (S. Andrus and son, 1847), also by Anthony Bleecker (page images at HathiTrust)
Riley, James, 1777-1840: An authentic narrative of the loss of the American brig Commerce : wrecked on the western coast of Africa, in the month of August, 1815 : with an account of the sufferings of the surviving officers and crew, who were enslaved by the wandering Arabs, on the Africa desart, or Zahahrah : and observations historical, geographical, &c. ... (S. Andrus and Son, 1851), also by Anthony Bleecker (page images at HathiTrust)
Riley, James, 1777-1840: An authentic narrative of the loss of the American brig Commerce, wrecked on the western coast of Africa, in the month of August, 1815, with an account of the sufferings of the surviving officers and crew, who were enslaved by the wandering Arabs, on the African desart, or Zahahrah; and observations historical, geographical, made during the travels of the author, while a slave to the Arabs, and in the empire of Morocco. Preceded by a brief sketch of the author's life; and containing a description of the famous city Tombuctoo, and of another larger city, far south of it, on the same river, called Wassanah, narrated to the author at Mogadore, by Sidi Hamet, the Arabian merchant. Illustrated and embellished with the copperplate engravings; revised, and his life continued, by the author, in January, 1828. (Andrus & Judd, 1833), also by Alexander Anderson (page images at HathiTrust)
Riley, James, 1777-1840: An authentic narrative of the loss of the American brig Commerce, wrecked on the western coast of Africa, in the month of August, 1815, with an account of the sufferings of the surviving officers and crew, who were enslaved by the wandering Arabs, on the African desaert, or Zahahrah; and observations historical, geographical, &c. made during the travels of the author, while a slave to the Arabs, and in the empire of Morocco ... (Published by Judd, Loomis & Co., 1836), also by Alexander Anderson (page images at HathiTrust)
Riley, James, 1777-1840: An authentic narrative of the loss of the American brig Commerce, wrecked on the western coast of Africa, in the month of August, 1815, with an account of the sufferings of the surviving officers and crew, who were enslaved by the wandering Arabs, on the African desert, or Zahahrah; and observations historical, geographical, made during the travels of the author, while a slave to the Arabs, and in the empire of Morocco. (Leavitt and Allen, 1859) (page images at HathiTrust)
Riley, James, 1777-1840: An authentic narrative of the loss of the American brig Commerce, wrecked on the western coast of Africa, in the month of August, 1815, with an account of the sufferings of her surviving officers and crew, who were enslaved by the wandering Arabs of the great African desert, or Zahahrah: and observations, historical, geographical, &c., made during the travels of the author, while a slave to the Arabs, and in the empire of Morocco (published for the author :, 1823) (page images at HathiTrust)
Riley, James, 1777-1840: An authentic narrative of the loss of the American brig Commerce, wrecked on the western coast of Africa in the month of August, 1815 ... (Published by the Author, 1818), also by Anthony Bleecker (page images at HathiTrust)
Riley, James, 1777-1840: An authentic narrative of the loss of the American brig Commerce, wrecked on the western coast of Africa, in the month of August, 1815, with an account of the sufferings of her surviving officers and crew, who were enslaved by the wandering Arabs on the great African desert, or Zahahrah; and observations historical, geographical, &c. made during the travels of the author, while a slave to the Arabs, and in the empire of Morocco ... with a new, valuable, and interesting appendix. (Published by the author, 1813), also by Judah Paddock and Alexander Anderson (page images at HathiTrust)
Riley, James, 1777-1840: An authentic narrative of the loss of the American brig Commerce, wrecked on the western cost of Africa, in the month of August, 1815. With an account of the sufferings of her surviving officers and crew, who were enslaved by the wandering Arabs on the great African desart, or Zahahrah; and observations historical, geographical, &c. made during the travels of the author, while a slave to the Arabs, and in the empire of Morocco. (Printed and published for the author, by T. & W. Mercein, no. 93 Gold-street, 1817), also by Anthony Bleecker (page images at HathiTrust)
Riley, James, 1777-1840: Loss of the American brig Commerce, wrecked on the western coast of Africa, in the month of August, 1815. (J. Murray, 1817), also by Anthony Bleecker (page images at HathiTrust)
Riley, James, 1777-1840: Naufrage du brigantin américain, Le Commerce, perdu sur la côte occidentale d'Afrique, au mois d'août 1815; accompagné de la description de Tombuctoo et de la grande ville de Wassanah, inconnue jusqu'à ce jour. (Le Normant, 1818) (page images at HathiTrust)
Riley, James, 1777-1840: Sequel to Riley's narrative; being a sketch of interesting incidents in the life, voyages and travels of Capt. James Riley, from the period of his return to his native land, after his shipwreck, captivity and sufferings among the Arabs of the desert, as related in his narrative, until his death. (G. Brewster;, 1851), also by W. Willshire Riley (page images at HathiTrust)
Riley, James, 1777-1840: Sequel to Riley's Narrative; being a sketch of interesting incidents in the life, voyages, and travels of Capt. James Riley, from the period of his return to his native land, after his shipwreck, captivity, and sufferings among the Arabs of the desert, as related in his narrative, until his death. (Negro History Press, 1970), also by W. Willshire Riley (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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