Lot 334
  • 334

Coulter, John

Estimate
200 - 300 GBP
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Description

  • Adventures on the Western Coast of South America, California, and Islands in the Pacific Ocean. London: Longman, Brown, [&c.], 1847
  • Paper
FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (192 x 112mm.), (vol.1) v-xxiv [lacks A1 blank + A2 half-title], 288pp.; (vol.2) iii-xii [lacks half-title], 278pp., contemporary half calf, marbled boards, full gilt spines, double red labels, brown endpapers, lacks half-titles, bindings slightly worn

Literature

Forbes 1633; Hill (2004) 386; Sabin 17143

Condition

A good copy
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Catalogue Note

"A sequel to Coulter's 'Adventures in the Pacific' [see lot 333], continuing his adventures after leaving Tahiti in the whaler 'Stratford'. The first chapter describes a successful whale chase. The early materials on California and Melanesia are of importance" (Hill).