Adventures of British Seamen in the Southern Ocean, displaying the Striking Contrasts which the Human Character exhibits in an Uncivilised State
Edinburgh, Constable and Co., 1827.
Duodecimo, xii, 353 pages plus an engraved frontispiece ('Tippahee, a New Zealand Chief. From an Original Drawing by G.P. Harris'), an engraved series title leaf (with a vignette illustration), and a tipped-in advertising slip for Volumes V and VI in the Constable's Miscellany series.
Original green cloth (with a paper title-label on the spine) a little marked, rubbed, and bumped at the extremities, with light wear to the corner-tips; armorial crest neatly drawn in black ink on the front cover, with an ownership signature on the title page (both probably contemporary); all edges uncut; minimal signs of age and use; a very good copy.
Volume IV in the 'Constable's Miscellany of Original and Selected Publications ... of Literature, Science, & the Arts' series. The short preface is by Hugh Murray. This volume contains 'Narrative of the Shipwreck of "The Antelope" in August 1783' (pages 1-210, derived from Keate's account of what befell Captain Henry Wilson); 'Mutiny of "The Bounty", with Consequences arising from it. Bligh's Voyage through the Pacific in an Open Boat; Voyage and Shipwreck of the "Pandora"; Settlement and Present State of Pitcairn's Island' (pages 211-322); and 'Particulars of the Destruction of a British Vessel on the Coast of New Zealand, with Anecdotes of Some New Zealand Chiefs' by Alexander Berry, 1819 (pages 323-353).
Item #137254
Price (AUD):
$350.00