A Voyage Round the World, 2nd Ed.
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Author: Dixon, George
Title: 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
Place Published: London
Publisher:Geo. Goulding
Date Published: 1789
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xxiii, [1], 360, 47, [3] pp. Illustrated with 14 copper-engraved plates, 1 of which is folding, 1 music plate, and 7 folding engraved maps, charts & coastal views. (4to), 28.5x22.4 cm. (11¼x8¾"), three quarter leather with marbled boards, red morocco spine label titled in gilt. Second Edition.
Untrimmed, wide-margined copy of this important work on the Northwest coast of North America, comprising a series of 49 letters giving an account of an English expedition to establish fur trade in North America, with information on North American geography, ethnology, and natural history from Nootka Sound northward. Actually written by William Beresford and edited with appendices by George Dixon. Cowan (1914) p.70; Cox II, pp.27-28; Forbes 162; Hill 118; Howes D365; Lada Mocarski 43; Sabin 64390; Streeter Sale 3484; Wagner CNW 732-35; Wickersham 6574.
Also included is the Chart of the Northwest Coast of America, which should be the frontis for this volume but is here presented separately (detached.)
Condition Report: Rebacked, rubbing and some loss to spine and covers; missing frontis map, offsetting to endpapers, previous owner's signature, some toning and foxing, tears to several plates; Northwest Coast map has several tears, repairs and foxing, especially in gutters, 1¼x3" chip in top right of map; overall very good.
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Author: Dixon, George
Title: 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
Place Published: London
Publisher:Geo. Goulding
Date Published: 1789
Description:
xxiii, [1], 360, 47, [3] pp. Illustrated with 14 copper-engraved plates, 1 of which is folding, 1 music plate, and 7 folding engraved maps, charts & coastal views. (4to), 28.5x22.4 cm. (11¼x8¾"), three quarter leather with marbled boards, red morocco spine label titled in gilt. Second Edition.
Untrimmed, wide-margined copy of this important work on the Northwest coast of North America, comprising a series of 49 letters giving an account of an English expedition to establish fur trade in North America, with information on North American geography, ethnology, and natural history from Nootka Sound northward. Actually written by William Beresford and edited with appendices by George Dixon. Cowan (1914) p.70; Cox II, pp.27-28; Forbes 162; Hill 118; Howes D365; Lada Mocarski 43; Sabin 64390; Streeter Sale 3484; Wagner CNW 732-35; Wickersham 6574.
Also included is the Chart of the Northwest Coast of America, which should be the frontis for this volume but is here presented separately (detached.)
Condition Report: Rebacked, rubbing and some loss to spine and covers; missing frontis map, offsetting to endpapers, previous owner's signature, some toning and foxing, tears to several plates; Northwest Coast map has several tears, repairs and foxing, especially in gutters, 1¼x3" chip in top right of map; overall very good.
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