THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF PETER WILKINS; CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF HIS VISIT TO THE FLYING ISLANDERS. TAKEN FROM HIS OWN MOUTH, IN HIS PASSAGE TO ENGLAND, FROM OFF CAPE HORN, IN AMERICA, IN THE SHIP HECTOR. By R. S. a Passenger in the Hector [pseudonym]. Improved Edition

Paltock, Robert

Published by S. Andrus and Son, Hartford, [CT], 1840

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Small octavo, pp. [1-5] 6-8 [9] 10-181 [186] [1]-6: ads, publisher's black cloth stamped in gold and blind. Later American printing of this text. The improvements comprise omissions by the editor of "certain gross passages, which however tolerable at the time when the work was first published, are by no means suited to the present improved state of public sentiment and taste." The novel was first published in London in 1751. Old black cloth tape repair at upper spine end, lower spine end worn, else a very good copy. (#174261). Seller Inventory # 174261

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Title: THE LIFE AND ADVENTURES OF PETER WILKINS; ...

Publisher: S. Andrus and Son, Hartford, [CT]

Publication Date: 1840

Binding: Hardcover