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Paperback. Very Good.

2000 memoirs of the Scottish-born sailor John Nicol, who twice circumnavigated the globe. First published in 1822, this edition edited and with an introduction by Tim Flannery.index. service. illus. 198p,

Hardback. Very Good.

Canongate Books. Good in Good dust jacket. 2000. Hardcover. Hardback; exlib; usual library stamps, blemish to edge of pages, otherwise good in creased dustjacket. ; John Nicol (1755-1825) sailed on voyages to the West Indies, Greenland, the South Pacific, China, Australia, and the eastern Mediterranean. Reprint of his memoirsfirst published 1821. With new footnotes and Introduction. ; 198 pages .

Canongate Books Ltd, 2000-12-27. Paperback. Very Good. 1.5228 in x 19.5431 in x 12.6904 in.

New York : Atlantic Monthly , 1997 . First Edition . F/F . 8VO . First published in 1822, the remarkable story of a journeyman sailor who participated in some of the most famous voyages of his time, circumnavigating the globe and visiting every inhabited continent. A fine unread copy.

NY: Farrar & Rinehart, 1936. Previous owner's name & an earlier written price on half-title page. A number of small soil spots on top cover otherwise a good trade hard cover book/ no dust jacket. Oversized. Nicol was a Scottish sailor who spent his entire life on the high seas; 214 pages, illustrated.

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NY: Farrar & Rinehart, 1936. Illustrated by Gordon Grant. Oversize. Original brown cloth. Ex-library book in good solid reading condition.

NY Toronto: Farrar & Rinehart. VG book, GOOD DJ(in Brodart. Worn, soiled DJ, huge chip in rear.. (1936). 1st thus. Hardcover. VG book, GOOD D/J. Alexander Laing Foreword & Afterword. Tight. Book's spine heel worn, cover edges soiled, eps lightly soiled. .

Paperback. New.

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

Farrar & Rinehart, 1936 This the first trade edition after a limited edition. A reprint of a book published in 1822, the first narrative written by a common seaman. First person account of life of a seaman on merchant vessels and whalers.

New York: Farrar & Rinehart, 1936. Limited Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. Gordon Grant. Limited Edition, No. 73 of an unspecified number signed by Grant with a color drawing on the ffep; 4to, cream cloth, no dj; vg (shelfworn; dustsoiling to very bottom edges of boards and bottom corners; spine ends and corners bumped and rubbed; eps browned; pages toning; frontis toned along bound edge from glue); 214pp.

12mo. Edinburgh & London: Blackwood and Cadell, 1822. 12mo, [xi], 215pp. lacking the half-title. With a portrait frontispiece.Old half calf, marbled boards, skillfully rebacked. Upper cover detached. § First edition. Virtually the only description of an Australian Second Fleet voyage, this is a narrative account of voyages and adventures in the Pacific, written by a common seaman whose naval career lasted from 1776 to 1801. Nicol first came to the Pacific as a steward with Captain Portlock in 1785-1788; during that voyage he made a stay in Hawaii, and his short but interesting observations include a description of the making of knives out of hoop iron for the King of Hawaii.His account of the voyage of the Lady Juliana to New South Wales, arriving in June 1790 carrying 245 female convicts, is one of the most important parts of the book since it provides virtually the only extensive description of a Second Fleet voyage (for which reason it has recently been republished by Tim Flannery). Nicol… Read More

Edinburgh & London: Blackwood and Cadell, 1822. Duodecimo, [xi], 215pp. lacking the half-title. With a portrait frontispiece. Old half calf, marbled boards, skilfully rebacked. First edition of almost the sole original narrative of an Australian Second Fleet voyage, this account of voyages and adventures in the Pacific was written by a common seaman whose naval career lasted from 1776 to 1801. Nicol first came to the Pacific as a steward with Captain Portlock in 1785-1788; during that voyage he made a stay in Hawaii, and his short but interesting observations include a description of the making of knives out of hoop iron for the King of Hawaii. His account of the voyage of the Lady Juliana to New South Wales, arriving in June 1790 carrying 245 female convicts, is one of the most important parts of the book since it provides virtually the only extensive description of a Second Fleet voyage (for which reason it has recently been republished by Tim Flannery). Nicol describes nine women on the voyage,… Read More