THE LIFE & ADVENTURES OF PETER WILKINS, A Cornishman. By R.S., a Passenger in the "Hector".

19x13.5cm. New edition of fantasy tale first published 1751, relating adventures following shipwreck near the South Pole. 416pp with reproduction of original title-page, and six monochrome plates after the original illustrations by Boitard. Original quarter beige cloth with brown paper-covered boards, backstrip with paper title-label. Backstrip a little toned and faintly marked. Upper outer corner of front board a little rubbed and lightly bumped, all other outer corners slightly so. No dust jacket. Half-title and title-page lightly spotted, occasional faint & sparse spotting elsewheres. Tinted top edge of text-block dust-marked, other edges lightly toned. GOOD+ copy.