An Account of the Pelew Islands, situated in the Great South Sea. Composed from the Journals of Capt. Henry Wilson and his Officers; who, in August, 1783, were there Shipwrecked in the Antelope Packet 1802 Edition

Keate, George; Wilson, Capt. Henry

$330.00

Publisher: Stanford
Place Published: New York
Date Published: 1802
Size: 13 x 10cm

1802 Pocket-sized American edition of George Keate’s account of the wreck of the packet ship Antelope, in the employ the British East India Company, under Capt. Henry Wilson (Keate not credited on the title page); a provincial New York State imprint of the Wilmington edition of 1794; Shaw & Shoemaker 2478; half-calf with marble boards; prominent fountain-pen inscriptions to endpapers and prelims, general toning and foxing throughout, string-binding occasionally showing at gutters, 2 x 1cm loss to front endpaper, o.w. Good; boards heavily rubbed and cracked, with significant loss of marbling; some wear to spine.

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