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An Account of the Pelew Islands, Situated in the Western Part of the  Pacific Ocean : Composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain  Henry Wilson ... Who, in August, 1783, Were There Shipwrecked, in The  Antelope ...

An Account of the Pelew Islands, Situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean : Composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson ... Who, in August, 1783, Were There Shipwrecked, in The Antelope ...

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An Account of the Pelew Islands, Situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean : Composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson ... Who, in August, 1783, Were There Shipwrecked, in The Antelope ...

by Keate, George and Henry Wilson

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London: Printed for Captain Wilson 1789. 4to. xxvii, 378 pp. Original boards. Lacks spine covering. Corners worn and boards badly marked. Front board detached. Uncut. Lacks free endpaper. Staining to frontis.Internally clean. Frontis portrait engraving. Folding map. Fifteen full-page engravings, including many folding. With Fuimus bookplate of the Bruce family, Lords Elgin, to the front pastedown. Second bookplate of Robert Washington Oates, who was a cousin of the explorer Capt. Oates. He helped fund the Gilbert White Museum, to which he donated his natural history collection, hence the Oates Collections at Selborne. Housed in a solander to help preserve the original condition. . Good. Boards. Third Edition. 1789.

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Foster Books - Stephen Foster, ABA, ILAB, PBFA GB (GB)
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Title
An Account of the Pelew Islands, Situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean : Composed from the Journals and Communications of Captain Henry Wilson ... Who, in August, 1783, Were There Shipwrecked, in The Antelope ...
Author
Keate, George and Henry Wilson
Format/Binding
Boards
Book Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
Solander / Clamshell Box
Quantity Available
1
Edition
Third Edition
Binding
Hardcover
Publisher
Printed for Captain Wilson 1789
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1789
Size
4to.
Keywords
Pelew Islands,Henry Wilson,Captain Henry Wilson
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Antiquarian; Travel;

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