[SLAVE NARRATIVE]. [FISHER, Redwood S. and BALL, Charles]. Fifty Years in Chains; or, The Life of an American Slave. New-York: H. Dayton, 1860. 8vo. 430, [2, blank] pp. Publisher?s full green pebbled cloth, boards stamped in blind, spine stamped in gilt, yellow coated endleaves (binding worn, soiled, hinges and several gutters starting or cracked, binding shaken). Fair. Ownership inscription of James W. Shera on ffep. Fair. EARLY PRINTING of this important slave narrative, written by Fisher based upon the stories of Ball. First published in 1836 under the title, Slavery in the United States, and first published under this title in 1858.