first English edition, half-title, light spotting, contemporary ink signature on front free endpaper and circulating library list mounted on front pastedown,ex-Cruising Association Library copy with small embossed stamp at head of title and bookplate, original boards, uncut, rubbed, spine chipped at head, library stamp and number at foot of spine and front board, [Ferguson, Addenda 1204a; Sabin 88993], 8vo, 1828. *** John Ledyard (1751-89) was an American soldier who accompanied Capt. James Cook on his third expedition in H.M.S.Resolution, and was one of those who rowed Cook ashore in Hawaii before he was murdered. He later traversed Russia in an attempt to reach America, and then disappeared while exploring the river Nile in 1789. This London edition appears to be the scarcest of the early editions.
first English edition, half-title, light spotting, contemporary ink signature on front free endpaper and circulating library list mounted on front pastedown,ex-Cruising Association Library copy with small embossed stamp at head of title and bookplate, original boards, uncut, rubbed, spine chipped at head, library stamp and number at foot of spine and front board, [Ferguson, Addenda 1204a; Sabin 88993], 8vo, 1828. *** John Ledyard (1751-89) was an American soldier who accompanied Capt. James Cook on his third expedition in H.M.S.Resolution, and was one of those who rowed Cook ashore in Hawaii before he was murdered. He later traversed Russia in an attempt to reach America, and then disappeared while exploring the river Nile in 1789. This London edition appears to be the scarcest of the early editions.
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