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Paperback. Condition: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. London, Henry Colburn, 1828 (first UK edition)/ [1828]. Octavo, [iii]-xii, 428 pages (lacking the half-title). Later binder's cloth lettered and ruled in gilt on the spine, all edges cut and lightly speckled red; cloth slightly rubbed, bumped and marked; edges a little marked; hinges neatly reinforced; scattered foxing (generally light) and mild signs of age and handling; trifling marginal loss to a handful of leaves (a legacy of inexpert opening of uncut leaves prior to rebinding); early ink ownership signature on the title page; overall, a very good copy. American adventurer John Ledyard (1751-1789) was a marine on Captain James Cook's third voyage, and three chapters of the book are devoted to this voyage, including Cook's death. After deserting during the American War of Independence Ledyard travelled extensively, including an abortive attempt to explore the west coast of North America by travelling eastwards overland on foot across Russia. He was arrested in eastern Siberia and deported, before reaching the Bering Strait.…

First British edition. 8vo. Contemporary green half roan, rubbed head of spine chipped, a few gatherings slightly sprung, 1870 ownership inscription on title, no half-title. [iii?xii], 428pp. London, Henry Colburn,  The New Englander John Ledyard sailed as a marine on Cook?s third voyage and published his Journal of Captain Cook?s Last Voyage to the Pacific in 1783. This expedition accounts for a large proportion of the Memoirs, which then relate his meetings with Thomas Jefferson and Sir Joseph Banks, his travels in Siberia (hoping to cross the Bering Strait to reach Alaska, but arrested by the Russian authorities) and his death in Cairo while planning an expedition for the African Association. ?His personality was attractive, even to those who could give him no higher appraisal than that of the mad, romantic, dreaming Ledyard? (DAB, quoted by Lada-Mocarski). The book originally appeared in America as The Life of John Ledyard, the American Traveller, also in 1828.   Forbes, 709; Hill, 1613; Holmes, 86.…

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