Lot 124
124
HAMILTON, GEORGE. A Voyage Round the World, in His Majesty's Frigate Pandora. Performed under the Direction of Captain Edwards In the Years 1790, 1791, and 1792. With the Discoveries made in the South-Sea; and the many Distresses experienced by the Crew from Shipwreck and Famine, in a Voyage of Eleven Hundred Miles in open Boats, between Endeavour Straits and the Island of Timor, Berwick: Printed by and for W. Phorson; B. Law and Son. London 1793. 8vo, contemporary half calf and blue marbled boards, spine gilt ruled, red morocco spine label, extremities a trifle rubbed, some natural discoloration to endpapers (which are watermarked 1798), half morocco slipcase. FIRST EDITION, frontispiece portrait of Hamilton by Orme. (2)

Details
HAMILTON, GEORGE. A Voyage Round the World, in His Majesty's Frigate Pandora. Performed under the Direction of Captain Edwards In the Years 1790, 1791, and 1792. With the Discoveries made in the South-Sea; and the many Distresses experienced by the Crew from Shipwreck and Famine, in a Voyage of Eleven Hundred Miles in open Boats, between Endeavour Straits and the Island of Timor, Berwick: Printed by and for W. Phorson; B. Law and Son. London 1793. 8vo, contemporary half calf and blue marbled boards, spine gilt ruled, red morocco spine label, extremities a trifle rubbed, some natural discoloration to endpapers (which are watermarked 1798), half morocco slipcase. FIRST EDITION, frontispiece portrait of Hamilton by Orme. (2)