GRANT, JAMES. The Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery, performed in his Majesty's vessel The Lady Nelson, of sixty tons burthen, with sliding keels, in the years 1800, 1801, and 1802, to New South Wales. London: T. Egerton 1803. 4to, contemporary half russia gilt, upper joint cracked by sound, frontispiece with small tear repaired with Scotch tape and offset to title, other plates occasionally browned. FIRST EDITION, 1 folding engraved frontispiece plan showing sliding keels, 1 folding map with outline color, 1 handcolored engraved plate of the Fringe Crested Cockatoo and 5 other engraved plates, by S. Neele. Ferguson 372; Mendelssohn I, p. 625; Hill, pp. 126-7.

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GRANT, JAMES. The Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery, performed in his Majesty's vessel The Lady Nelson, of sixty tons burthen, with sliding keels, in the years 1800, 1801, and 1802, to New South Wales. London: T. Egerton 1803. 4to, contemporary half russia gilt, upper joint cracked by sound, frontispiece with small tear repaired with Scotch tape and offset to title, other plates occasionally browned. FIRST EDITION, 1 folding engraved frontispiece plan showing sliding keels, 1 folding map with outline color, 1 handcolored engraved plate of the Fringe Crested Cockatoo and 5 other engraved plates, by S. Neele. Ferguson 372; Mendelssohn I, p. 625; Hill, pp. 126-7.

Provenance: Owen Wynne, contemporary gilt stamp on upper cover and "Haslewood" (residence?) on lower cover; his signature on title-page.