Back to Catalogue Auction info Sale 498: Fine Americana - Asian American History - Travel & Exploration - Maps & Views (#498) 01/24/2013 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 01/24/2013 11:00 AM PST Auction Info Lot #4Hatchie, The Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellebue. A Tale of the Mississippi and the South-west. Click image to enlarge PreviousNextSimilar Items Lot closed - Sold For (Includes Buyers Premium):$162.50 () Estimate: $250 - $350 Tell a friendAsk a question Sale 498: Fine Americana - Asian American History - Travel & Exploration - Maps & Views (#498) 01/24/2013 11:00 AM PST Closed Starts Ending 01/24/2013 11:00 AM PST Auction Info Description Title: Hatchie, The Guardian Slave; or, The Heiress of Bellebue. A Tale of the Mississippi and the South-west. Author: Ashton, Warren T. [pseud. of William Taylor Adams, aka Oliver Optic] Place Published: Boston Publisher: B.B. Mussey; R.B. Fitts Date Published: 1853 Description: 313 pp. (12mo), original brown cloth, spine lettered in gilt. First Edition. A scarce novel of the American South with an African-American hero. The first book by W.T. Adams, better know as "Oliver Optic". Condition: Binding well worn; foxing throughout, a few pages loose; good. Item#: 233137 Headline: 1st book by Oliver Optic (W.T. Adams) Shipping info