captain dillon (2 Ergebnisse)

hardcover. Zustand: very good. First. 2 volumes (5-1/4" x 8-1/2") Complete with two folding frontispieces (one hand-colored), a folding map, and copper engraved plate. bound in early full brown straight grained morocco. Binding is rubbed with a chip missing from each spine, hinges strengthened, marbled edges. Very Good copy of a scarce title. London: Hurst, Chance, & Co., 1829. First Edition. Internally very good (+) with slight occasional browning. An account of this journey to the Solomon Islands via Tasmania, New Zealand, and Tonga that successfully solved the mystery of the loss of La Perouse and his Expedition forty years previous.

See W. Moister, 'A History of Wesleyan Missions in all Parts of the World' (1871). Each item 4pp, 12mo bifolium. All three with engraved illustration on first page, which has a drophead title. The three are worn and discoloured, with loss of text in caption in Item One (see below), and the first two items with cover illustrations crudely hand-coloured. ONE: No. LXXII, June 1838. Mostly consisting of 'An appeal to the sympathy of the Christian public, on behalf of the cannibal Fejeeans'. Apart from the title, the whole of the front page carries an illustration captioned, 'The perilous circumstances of Captain Dillon and his companions, [.]' (rest of caption worn away). 'The print on the first page represents a massacre at the Fejee Islands in 1813, and the dreadful situation Captain Dillon and his two companions who escaped with great difficulty, while fourteen of his party were killed and eaten by the Fejeeans!' TWO: No. CXV, March 1849. Cover engraving by 'Adeney' of the 'Wesleyan Academy, Mount-Allison, Sackville, New-Brunswick, North America.' Pamphlet devoted to 'This Institution, which owes its origin to the Christian liberality of Charles F. Allison, Esq., who deisgned it as a Centenary Offering'. THREE: No. CXXXVII, September 1854. Cover engraving by E. Whimper of 'The "Gnauna Vinaka" passing the Island of Tavea. Mountains of Vanua in the Distance.' Pamphlet devoted to 'Fejeean' matters.