A Voyage Round the World: but more particularly to the North-West Coast of America: Performed in 1785, 1786, 1787, and 1788, in the King George and Queen Charlotte, Captains Portlock and Dixon.
Printed in the UK. John Stockdale. 1789. First edition. Leather over boards. Hardcover leather (brown) over boards. 4to. xii, 384, xl, +[frontispiece portrait]+[6 engraved maps]+[13 engraved plates] pp. Illustrated with a b/w engraved frontispiece portrait of Captain Nathaniel Portlock, 6 b/w fold-out engraved maps, and 13 engraved plates - 8 in b/w and 5 hand coloured (all of the birds). Spine replaced and text block trimmed. Ownership marks: the words "Badminton Club" have been stamped in blue at the top of the front pastedown and flyleaf, inscription on the front flyleaf in graphite, and another inscription in the top right corner of the title page (partially trimmed) in ink. Red leather label with gilt short title pasted on the spine. Board edges decorated with gilt rolled pattern. Decorative yellow edge stain. Head darkened. Frontispiece and title page lightly foxed. Some bleed from the engraved plates; contemporary tissue guards have been inserted. Text block pages and plates are bright and clean. The binding is strong and square. The spine is lightly rubbed and creased. The original boards and rubbed, creased, and bumped, with most of the gilt decoration rubbed off the foot. Corners exposed. Overall a bright, handsome copy. Good. Item #67247
Price: $6,000.00