Henry Keppel - The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido for the Suppression of Piracy - 1846

Rare second English edition from the same year as the first edition. Two volumes in one. The Expedition to Borneo of H. M. S. Dido for the Suppression of Piracy: with Extracts from the Journal of James Brooke Esq. of Sarawak - xiv, 338, xxviii; viii, 237 and cx pp - xiv, 338, xxviii; viii, 237, [and cx pp] . With 11 lithographed plates including the frontispieces; 5 folding maps & plans and 1 folding printed table . Important first-hand account of the campaign against the Borneo pirates conducted by the British in 1843-44, with information on the legendary “White Rajah of Sarawak. ” Condition: Good clean copy, almost without any normal spotting. Rebound in modern cloth. Tissue papers placed at plates and maps. Stamp on both title pages.