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Leicester University Press. Used - Very Good. 2001. Hardcover. Cloth, no dj. Slight shelf-wear. Very Good. (Subject: Exploration).

Leicester University Press. New. 2001. Hardcover. New.

British Library, Historical Print Editions, 2011-03-25. Paperback. Good.

Printed for Captain Wilson and sold by G. Nicol, London, 1789. Fourth Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Stated Fourth Edition. Rebound in quarter leather with both marbled endpapers and page ends. Banded leather on spine and board tips sunned. Foldout engraved map has a 2 inch tape-repaired tear. Dampstain to edges of engraved portraits of Captain Wilson and Prince Lee Boo. 408 pp.

1789. 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.

Boston: Manning and Loring for S. Hall, W. Spotswood, et al., 1796. Later edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 1796, later edition. Hardcover, small 8vo., full contemporary calf, with gilt bands and leather and gilt title label. 264 pp. Very Good. Shallow loss to leather at crown of spine; leather label chipped; minimal signs of varnish along the spine and outer hinges. Mild foxing/browning to contents. Digital images available upon request.

Continuum International Publishing Group , pp. ix + 406, Maps . Hardback. Used.

xxx+408 pages with frontispiece, and one additional plate, large folding map and vocabulary of the Pelew language. Octavo (8 1/4" x 5 1/4") Original 3/4 leather with marbled boards and gilt lettering and red label to spine. (Hill 907 & 816) Fourth edition.In 1783, the East India Company packet, the Antelope out of Macao was shipwrecked on the Pelew islands (now Pelau or Belau in the western Carolines, in Micronesia). All the crew were saved and were the first Europeans to make contact with these islanders. They were lucky in that there was a Malay there, shipwrecked the year before, who was able to act as interpreter. Captain Henry Wilson and his crew developed unusually amicable relations with the Palauan inhabitants and participated in expeditions against their enemies. They were able to recover a great deal from the wreck and to build a new vessel, with which they sailed to Macau after a stay of just over three months. They took with them Lee Boo, who became a figure of fashionable interest in… Read More

Boston: Manning & Loring, 1796. Later edition. Contemporary calf, rebacked, spine label; interior generally browned because of paper stock. Signature of John J. Smith dated October 29, 1803 on the fly-leaf, remnants of a bookplate on the paste-down as well as a bookseller label (Leary of Philadelphia). English poet and writer Keate (1729-1797) chronicled this important and historically significant account of Captain Henry Wilson's 1783 shipwreck in the Pelew Islands, resulting in it being one of the main sources of early knowledge on the area. Keate pieced together this work utilizing Captain Wilson's journals and communications, documenting a first-hand narration of Wilson and his crew's experience. Beginning with their departure, the author describes reaching shore after the accident and their warm welcome from the natives. This work helped reinforce the idea of the "noble savage," and is regarded and one of the most popular eighteenth century books on the Pacific.

London 1803 fifth edition. Prined for Captain Henry Wilson by W. Bulmer and Co. Large 4to hardcover. Engraved portrait of Captain Wilson as frontispiece. Large foldout map of Pelew Islands. xviii, 244p. and 72p. Supplement. ALL 19 fullpage interesting plates present, most with original tissues. Very light occasional foxing; no tears; no chips. Binding secure (although front inner hinge and initial pages beginning to crack.) Backstrip professionally reinforced with later paper letting original leather backstrip with gilt lettering still show. Boards tips reinforced with paper to match spine. Old owner name stamp twice (G J L de Bruyn.) Good. Rare. Pelew Islands are now referred to usually as Palau. .

1789. 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., original paper covered boards, quite worn. Spine chipped, hand-lettered title. Recent transparent tape repair to rear board at joint. Text complete, includes two portraits and map. Frontispiece has light soil in image margins, not affecting image. Light soil to title page. Map has repair to rear with no loss. Occasional light pencil markings; ink stain or scorch to edges, some margins. Rear flyleaf missing. As is.

1789. 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, B-2C8, 2D4. xxx, [2], 408 pp. Includes folding map and two engravings (portraits). 8vo., original boards with inked title on spine. Boards worn, spine chipped, tape repair to crown. Some closed tears to a few page edges; B2 - P6 have shallow ink marks at fore-edge, not affecting text. Uncut. Map has a 4 inch closed tear at right (in ocean) repaired on reverse with tape. A good copy for binding. Text complete.

London: Printed for Capt. Wilson by G. Nicol, 1789. Third Edition. Leather-bound. Very Good Plus. 4to. Printed for Captain Wilson; and sold by G. Nicol, Bookseller To His Majesty, Pall-Mall. 3/4 leather with (scuffed) marbled paper boards. Gilt decorated spine. Red leather title label. Marbled edges and endpapers. Frontis portrait of Wilson. xxvii,[1],378p. 13 of 15 plates MISSING foldout chart before Introduction, and 2 of the 15 plates ("Cove and Tents"; "Views of The Land" ) Includes: A Vocabulary of the Pelew Language (pp.365-378). Clean copy with plates in good condition. Full title: 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, By George Keate, Esq. F.R.S. and S.A. In 1783 the Antelope, commanded by Captain Henry Wilson, ran onto a reef near… Read More

Dublin: Luke White, 1793. Second Dublin edition, 8vo, pp. xxix, [1], 378; frontispiece portrait, 14 engraved plates (1 folding), 2 maps (1 folding); contemporary full calf, red morocco label on gilt-paneled spine; spine scuffed, extremities rubbed; a good, sound copy. Hill, Pacific Voyages, p. 160, citing the first edition of 1788: "In 1783 the Antelope, commanded by Captain Henry Wilson, ran onto a reef near one of the Palau Islands, a previously unexplored group, and was wrecked. The entire crew managed to get safely ashore, where they were well treated by the natives and eventually managed to build a small vessel from the wreck in which they reached Macao. They took Prince Lee Boo, one of King Abba Thulle's sons, with them to England, where he made a very good impression; he unfortunately soon died of smallpox."