[Rarebooks] For Sale: Anson's Voyage Round the World

[Norman Kane]

We can offer:

ANSON, GEORGE, (Commander in Chief of a Squadron . . . Sent Upon an 
Expedition to the South Seas.)  A VOYAGE ROUND THE WORLD IN THE YEARS 
MDCCXL, I, II, III, IV.  COMPILED FROM HIS PAPERS AND MATERIALS BY
RICHARD WALTER, M.A., CHAPLAIN OF THE SHIP THE CENTURIAN IN THAT 
EXPEDITION.   Edinburgh: Alex. Chapman & Co., 1796.  12mo, old rubbed calf,
2 volumes in one, folding map (old paper repairs on verso), separate 
title page for
vol. 2, old signatures on front blank.  OCLC lists only 4 scattered 
copies, with no
mention of the map.  We do not find this edition in the NUC or RLIN.  $350.00

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