KEATE, George

AN ACCOUNT OF THE PELEW ISLANDS

1789. Item #80623

KEATE, George. AN ACCOUNT OF THE PELEW ISLANDS, SITUATED IN THE WESTERN PART OF THE PACIFIC OCEAN. COMPOSED FROM THE JOURNALS AND COMMUNICATIONS OF CAPTAIN HENRY WILSON, AND SOME OF HIS OFFICERS, WHO, IN AUGUST 1783, WERE THERE SHIPWRECKED, IN THE ANTELOPE, A PACKET BELONGING TO THE HONOURABLE EAST INDIA COMPANY. London: Printed for Captain Wilson, 1789. 4th edition. a-b8, A-2C8, 2D4. XXX, [2], 408 pp. 8vo., calf with gilt spine and gilt red morocco spine label. Text complete, includes two portraits but lacks map opposite introduction. Frontsipiece has shallow faint dampstain to fore-edge, not affecting image. C3 has short closed tear at fore-edge in margin; Y3 has small puncture at top fore-corner (page number removed). Pp. 220-227 have some light soiling near the bottom of the page. Occasional light foxing. Other than as noted, a very good copy.

Price: $225.00