SMITH, THOMAS W.

SMITH, THOMAS W.
A Narrative of the Life, Travels and Sufferings of Thomas W. Smith ... His Travels During Eighteen Voyages to Various Parts of the World.... Boston: William C. Hill, 1844.
12mo (182 x 110 mm). Rebound in later brown sheep with original spine laid down. Some losses to spine, endpapers browned, ink owner's inscription on free front endpaper. Contained in calf and marbled paper clamshell box.
Provenance: Neva & Guy Littell (President of R.R. Donnelley & Sons bookbinders, bookplate).

FIRST EDITION. Smith's narrative of his 18 voyages includes seven whaling expeditions in the South Pacific. The unlucky adventurer notes that he was "five times shipwrecked; thrice on a desolate island near the South Pole...." Howes S-679; Rosove 312.A1; Spence 1139.