[PALTOCK, Robert (1697-1767)]. The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man...his shipwreck near the South Pole; his wonderful passage thro' a subterraneous cavern into a kind of new World...his extraordinary Conveyance to the Country of the Glums and Gawrys, or men and women that fly...taken from his own mouth...Illustrated with several cuts clearly and distinctly representing the structure and mechanism of the wings of the Glums and Gawrys, and the manner in which they use them either to swim or fly. By R. S. [i.e. Robert Paltock] In two volumes. Volume I [II]. London: printed for J. Robinson...and R. Dodsley...1751. 2 Volumes. 12° (161 x 95mm). Copper-engraved frontispiece and 2 plates in each volume, signed Boitard, the final plate in volume II folding. Early ruled calf, 6 panelled spine for each volume with red morocco labels. Provenance: Nath. Cholmley Esq. (armorial book-plate). One of the earliest of science-fiction stories, published as a Robinsonnade for adults, but lending itself to adaptation for children. -- The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins...In two volumes. Volume I [II] A new edition, embellished with engravings. London: printed for Thomas and Joseph Allman and John Fairbairn, Edinburgh, 1816. 2 Volumes. 12° (170 x 98mm). The second volume unopened. Copper-engraved frontispiece and one plate in Volume I, 3 plates in volume II signed Read. Original blue sugar-paper over boards, paper backs with original printed labels, chipped and fragile. -- The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, among the flying nations in the South Seas...By R. S. Two volumes in one. A new edition, revised and corrected. Printed [by Dean & Munday] for A. K. Newman & Co...1822. 12° in sixes (142 x 85mm). No designated division between the "two vols". Frontispiece and additional engraved title-page ["Published by Dean and Munday...and A. K. Newman & Co..."] signed J. Shury del. et sculpt. Head of L5 and L6 repaired. Three-quarters calf, stained black, gilt spine lacking label, green linen boards, aeg. Provenance: Joseph Lindonscom (??) (5)

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[PALTOCK, Robert (1697-1767)]. The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man...his shipwreck near the South Pole; his wonderful passage thro' a subterraneous cavern into a kind of new World...his extraordinary Conveyance to the Country of the Glums and Gawrys, or men and women that fly...taken from his own mouth...Illustrated with several cuts clearly and distinctly representing the structure and mechanism of the wings of the Glums and Gawrys, and the manner in which they use them either to swim or fly. By R. S. [i.e. Robert Paltock] In two volumes. Volume I [II]. London: printed for J. Robinson...and R. Dodsley...1751. 2 Volumes. 12° (161 x 95mm). Copper-engraved frontispiece and 2 plates in each volume, signed Boitard, the final plate in volume II folding. Early ruled calf, 6 panelled spine for each volume with red morocco labels. Provenance: Nath. Cholmley Esq. (armorial book-plate). One of the earliest of science-fiction stories, published as a Robinsonnade for adults, but lending itself to adaptation for children. -- The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins...In two volumes. Volume I [II] A new edition, embellished with engravings. London: printed for Thomas and Joseph Allman and John Fairbairn, Edinburgh, 1816. 2 Volumes. 12° (170 x 98mm). The second volume unopened. Copper-engraved frontispiece and one plate in Volume I, 3 plates in volume II signed Read. Original blue sugar-paper over boards, paper backs with original printed labels, chipped and fragile. -- The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, among the flying nations in the South Seas...By R. S. Two volumes in one. A new edition, revised and corrected. Printed [by Dean & Munday] for A. K. Newman & Co...1822. 12° in sixes (142 x 85mm). No designated division between the "two vols". Frontispiece and additional engraved title-page ["Published by Dean and Munday...and A. K. Newman & Co..."] signed J. Shury del. et sculpt. Head of L5 and L6 repaired. Three-quarters calf, stained black, gilt spine lacking label, green linen boards, aeg. Provenance: Joseph Lindonscom (??) (5)