The History of Commodore Anson's Voyage Round the World, at the Commencement of the Late Spanish War... by a Midshipman on the Centurion, engraved frontispiece portrait of Anson, title within typographical border, modern calf, spine faded [Hill 1345], M. Cooper, 1767--A Letter to the Right Honourable Lord A---- [Anson], half-title, modern half morocco, William Bizet, 1757--Loss of the Wager Man of War, One of Commodore Anson's Squadron, in the Year 1744, and the Consequent Embarrassments of the Crew... Which They Endured Upwards of Five Years, folding hand-coloured aquatint frontispiece of the shipwreck (shaved just touching image of upper margin, old creases), modern wrappers, solander box, Thomas Tegg, [1809]--[BLIGH (WILLIAM)] The Dangerous Voyage Performed by Captain Bligh, with a Part of the Crew of His Majesty's Ship Bounty, in an Open Boat... in the Year 1789, wood-engraved frontispiece, publisher's cloth [Ferguson 936; cf. Hill 138, 1822 edition], Dublin, R. Napper, 1824--[ANSON] The Voyage of Commodore Anson Round the World, woodcut vignette on title, 5 full-page woodcut illustrations, contemporary calf, upper joint slightly weakened, Dublin, A. O'Neil, 1825; idem, another edition, woodcut vignette on title and final leaf, 6 full-page woodcut illustrations, contemporary calf, rebacked and recornered, Dublin, C. Crookes, 1819--Byron's Narrative, Containing Account of the Great Distress Suffered by Himself and His Companions on the Coasts of Patagonia [Juvenile Library], 4 full-page woodcut illustrations, original green morocco-backed boards, worn, S. and A. Davis, 1818--Byron's Narrative of the Loss of the Wager Man of War, One of Admiral Anson's Squadron, woodcut vignette on title and at end, 5 full-page woodcut illustrations, bookplate of Edgar Osborne ("Collectania Juvenilia"), contemporary sheep, rebacked, worn, Dublin, R. Grace, 1819, 8vo and 12mo; and 3 further Juvenile editions of Byron's Narrative (11)

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Includes scarce Juvenile editions of the voyages of Anson, Byron on the Wager, and Bligh.

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[PHILIPS (JOHN)] The History of Commodore Anson's Voyage Round the World, at the Commencement of the Late Spanish War... by a Midshipman on the Centurion, 8vo and 12mo; and 3 further Juvenile editions of Byron's Narrative (11)

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The History of Commodore Anson's Voyage Round the World, at the Commencement of the Late Spanish War... by a Midshipman on the Centurion, 8vo and 12mo; and 3 further Juvenile editions of Byron's Narrative (11)