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WILLIAM PARKER SNOW (1817-1895)
A Two Year's Cruise off Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, Patagonia, and the River Plate: a narrative of life in the Southern Seas. London: Spottiswoode & Co. for Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857. 2 volumes, 8° (195 x 122mm.). Half-title to vol.I. 3 folding engraved maps (handcoloured in outline), 6 coloured lithographic plates. (Some spotting.) Original blue cloth, blocked in blind, spines lettered in gilt.
FIRST EDITION. The story of Parker's service as Captain of the South American Missionary Society's vessel Allen Gardiner. For two years he captained the vessel which carried missionaries and their supplies from the Falklands to Tierra del Fuego and other stations on the mainland. The work was published in part to support his claim against the Society for unfair dismissal after an argument with the Society's agent in the Falklands. Barba de Moraes p.817; Sabin 8559; Spence 1141. (2)
A Two Year's Cruise off Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, Patagonia, and the River Plate: a narrative of life in the Southern Seas. London: Spottiswoode & Co. for Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857. 2 volumes, 8° (195 x 122mm.). Half-title to vol.I. 3 folding engraved maps (handcoloured in outline), 6 coloured lithographic plates. (Some spotting.) Original blue cloth, blocked in blind, spines lettered in gilt.
FIRST EDITION. The story of Parker's service as Captain of the South American Missionary Society's vessel Allen Gardiner. For two years he captained the vessel which carried missionaries and their supplies from the Falklands to Tierra del Fuego and other stations on the mainland. The work was published in part to support his claim against the Society for unfair dismissal after an argument with the Society's agent in the Falklands. Barba de Moraes p.817; Sabin 8559; Spence 1141. (2)
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