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William Parker Snow (1817-1895)
A two Years' Cruise off Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, Patagonia, and in the River Plate: A Narrative of Life in the Southern Seas. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857. 2 volumes, 8° (193 x 123mm). 6 lithographic plates, printed in colours, 3 folding engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline. (Outer margins of two maps somewhat tattered, some marginal soiling or spotting.) Original blue cloth, blocked in blind, titled in gilt on spines (extremities bumped, some old light dampstaining.) Provenance: Publisher's presentation blindstamp to tissue guard of frontispiece to vol.II.
First edition. In 1854 William Parker Snow 'went out to Patagonia in command of the South American Missionary Society's vessel Allen Gardiner, and for two years he was employed in carrying missionaries and their stores between Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, and different stations on the mainland. The service ended in a disagreement between him and the society's agent at the Falkland Islands, who, assisted by the magistrate, deposed Snow from his command for disobedience to orders, and left him and his wife to find their own way to England. On his arrival Snow published [the present work].. which had some success, and might have recouped his expenses had he not brought an action against the missionary society, which after dragging its way through the courts for the next three years, was decided against him' (DNB). Sabin 85559. (2)
A two Years' Cruise off Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, Patagonia, and in the River Plate: A Narrative of Life in the Southern Seas. London: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans, & Roberts, 1857. 2 volumes, 8° (193 x 123mm). 6 lithographic plates, printed in colours, 3 folding engraved maps, hand-coloured in outline. (Outer margins of two maps somewhat tattered, some marginal soiling or spotting.) Original blue cloth, blocked in blind, titled in gilt on spines (extremities bumped, some old light dampstaining.) Provenance: Publisher's presentation blindstamp to tissue guard of frontispiece to vol.II.
First edition. In 1854 William Parker Snow 'went out to Patagonia in command of the South American Missionary Society's vessel Allen Gardiner, and for two years he was employed in carrying missionaries and their stores between Tierra del Fuego, the Falkland Islands, and different stations on the mainland. The service ended in a disagreement between him and the society's agent at the Falkland Islands, who, assisted by the magistrate, deposed Snow from his command for disobedience to orders, and left him and his wife to find their own way to England. On his arrival Snow published [the present work].. which had some success, and might have recouped his expenses had he not brought an action against the missionary society, which after dragging its way through the courts for the next three years, was decided against him' (DNB). Sabin 85559. (2)
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