Henry R. Shipley is a pseudonym for Charles J. Peterson.
Frontispiece signed: R.J. Lusk del.
Reprinted under title "The Black Rover. A tale of land and sea" by Harry Cavendish [id est Charles J. Peterson] in Beadle's dime novels, numbers 188 (1869) and numbers 398 (1877) (Johannsen, volume I, page 92, numbers 188; volume I, page 102, numbers 398).
Series attribution from Johannsen. The series was alternately published as "Irwin P. Beadle's American novels," "Irwin's American novels," and "American novels." Issues were reprinted under later series names, though the exact timeline of when each series name was used is difficult to trace.
Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.