Collectables & Estate Auction - Wellington
Friday, 22 - Tuesday, 26 March 2024
Keate George - An Account of the Pelew Islands
Current Bid $80 (7 bids, reserve met)
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Lot Details
Situated In The Western Part Of The Pacific Ocean, Composed From The Journals And Communications Of Captain Henry Wilson And Some Of his Officers , Who, In August 1783, Were There Shipwrecked In The Antelope, A Packet Belongting To The East India Company. Printed For Captain Wilson; And Sold By G Nicol, London, Second Edition 1788, frontis port of Capt Wilson, small loss lower corner, creases, splits and small losses to TP and DED, Chart torn, creased and foxed, numerous taped repairs, old ink staining, some plates lacking, taped and stained, 378pp, plus A Supplement To The Account of the Pelew Islands, 72 pages. 2 Ex library BP for Halifax Circulating Library and Halifax Literary and Philosophical Society's Library, front board detached. A well used and worn copy.
