Voyages.- Byron (John) The Narrative... Containing an Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by Himself and His Companions on the Coast of Patagonia, first edition, 1768.
Voyages.- Byron (John) The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron (Commodore in a Late Expedition Round the World) Containing an Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by Himself and His Companions on the Coast of Patagonia, from the Year 1740, till their Arrival in England, 1746... ... also with a Description of the Loss of the Wager Man of War, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary calf, joints neatly repaired, [Sabin 9730], 8vo, S. Baker and G. Leigh, 1768.
⁂ "Admiral Byron's narrative of the loss of the Wager is one of the most thrilling accounts in the language, and supplied his illustrious descendant with many particulars for the shipwreck in Don Juan" - Sabin.
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Voyages.- Byron (John) The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron (Commodore in a Late Expedition Round the World) Containing an Account of the Great Distresses Suffered by Himself and His Companions on the Coast of Patagonia, from the Year 1740, till their Arrival in England, 1746... ... also with a Description of the Loss of the Wager Man of War, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary calf, joints neatly repaired, [Sabin 9730], 8vo, S. Baker and G. Leigh, 1768.
⁂ "Admiral Byron's narrative of the loss of the Wager is one of the most thrilling accounts in the language, and supplied his illustrious descendant with many particulars for the shipwreck in Don Juan" - Sabin.