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BULKELEY (JOHN) AND JOHN CUMMINS A Voyage to the South Seas, in the Years 1740-1. Containing a Faithful Narrative of the Loss of His Majesty's Ship the Wager on a Desolate Island... with Many Things Not Published in the First Edition, Philadelphia, Reprinted by James Chattin, for the Author, 1757
26 February 2020, 13:00 GMT
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BULKELEY (JOHN) AND JOHN CUMMINS
A Voyage to the South Seas, in the Years 1740-1. Containing a Faithful Narrative of the Loss of His Majesty's Ship the Wager on a Desolate Island... with Many Things Not Published in the First Edition, second edition "with additions", title frayed at edges, some browning and spotting throughout, contemporary calf, rebacked in calf with red morocco spine label [Borba de Moraes I, 133, "rare, and...more complete"; Evans 7859; Hill 211; Sabin 9109), 8vo, Philadelphia, Reprinted by James Chattin, for the Author, 1757
Footnotes
FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, with a dedication to William Denny, lieutenant governor of the Province of Pennsylvania, where Bulkeley had emigrated after 1743. This edition is expanded with new materials, including the narrative of Isaac Morris, and a list of over 1200 subscribers in the colonies.