Annesley (James) Memoirs of an Unfortunate Young Nobleman; Returned from a Thirteen Years Slavery in America..., first edition, half-title, 7pp. advertisements at end, occasional light finger-soiling marks or spotting to margins, contemporary calf, rebacked, extremities a little rubbed, J. Freeman, 1743 § Trial at Large, Between Campbell Craigg, James Annesley, Esq; and Others, Plaintiff (The), engraved frontispiece, ink stains to pp.182-3, otherwise text mostly clean, contemporary calf, spine tooled in gilt with red morocco spine label, extremities a little rubbed, for Jacob Robinson, 1744, 8vo (2)

⁂ James Annesley claimed that his uncle, the Earl of Anglesey, had sold him into slavery in an attempt to secure the title for himself. He eventually returned to London and took his uncle to court - recorded in the second mentioned - where he successfully retrieved his estates but not his titles before he died in 1744. The story inspired many writers, notably Smollett in Peregrine Pickle, Scott in Guy Mannering, and R. L. Stevenson in Kidnapped.

The work takes place partly on plantations in Delaware; sequels were published in two volumes in 1743 and 1747.