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Lot 81
PATTERSON, SAMUEL Narrative of the Adventures and Sufferings of Samuel Patterson Experienced in the Pacific Ocean, and Many Other Parts of the World with an Account of the Feegee and Sandwich Islands.
Palmer, Massachusetts: The Press in Palmer, 1 May 1817. First edition. Full modern mottled calf in period style with red morocco lettering label. 6 1/4 x 3 3/4 inches (16 x 9 cm); xii, 144 pp. A few scratches to covers, toned, generally a fine copy internally, the title with a few small ink numerals and a minor abraded area with small puncture, very faint dampstain at end, lightly spotted and toned.
Rare first edition of Patterson's narrative of his three Pacific voyages, including descriptions of Hawaii and Fiji, where he was marooned after shipwreck for six months. While Howes refers to this as a second issue following a Rhode Island printed first edition, the other references do not record this edition. Ferguson 692; Forbes 470; Hill 1315; Howes P-122; Lada-Mocarski 74; Sabin 59145.
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