Elliott captain richard (2 risultati)

First Edition. Edited and Introduced by Christine Holmes. Pp. xxxii+98(last blank) 24 plates, 3 full page maps; small demy 8vo; brown boards, spine lettered in gilt; dust wrapper; Caliban Books, London, 1984. First edition thus. *Elliot served as Midshipman on the Resolution with Cook. The section of his journal, first published here, describes his childhood, and his voyage with Cook. The second narrative, by Third Lieutenant Richard Pickersgill, is the first publication of the complete transcript of an unfinished journal, two sections of which were previously published in Beaglehole's edition of Cook's Resolution journal.…

Condizione: Good. Engraving with hand coloring in watercolor on cream wove paper, 7 7/8 x 10 3/4 inches (199 x 272 mm) sheet, full margins. In good condition with some scattered inscriptions in pencil, and a dog-eared left corner. One tab of archival paper tape on the verso.