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

George Keate

Published by Printed for Captain Wilson and sold by G Nicol, LONDON, 1789

About this Item

A good copy of this famous account, first published a year earlier in 1788. With 17 plates, 12 of which are folding. In a good half leather binding - the spine has a red leather title label and gilt compartments and is newer than the marbled boards. The newer leather is in very good condition; the boards have wear, particularly to edges. All page edges are gilt. There is an ink signature on the front pastedown - ? Mr Dickinson, Thorncroft Workington and then Cornsickle, Whitehaven 1882. With frontispiece portrait of Captain Wilson, title page (with small pencil note), dedication, folding chart of the Pelew Islands, Introduction, contents list and text including 7 plates of objects, 3 additional portraits, 3 views, 1 large folding view and 1 plan. The frontispiece and title page have some spotting and there is a little worming to the bottom in the gutter. P 215 has a small area of loss to the outer edge. Otherwise, the text pages are generally very clean and in very good condition. The plates are of different paper and tend to browning or spotting particularly at the edges. Seller Inventory # 031677

Bibliographic Details

Title: An Account of the Pelew Islands, situated in...

Publisher: Printed for Captain Wilson and sold by G Nicol, LONDON

Publication Date: 1789

Binding: Half-Leather

Illustrator: I Plott, H Kingsbury, T Malcon, W & J Walker,M Devis, H Wilson

Condition: Good

Edition: 3rd Edition