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[ENGLISH TRAVEL LITERATURE]. CHETWOOD, William Rufus. The Voyages, Dangerous Adventures and Imminent Escapes of Captain Richard Falconer containing the Laws, Customs, and Manners of the Indians in America. London: printed for W. Chetwood, 1720. 3 parts in one volume, 8o. Engraved frontispiece. Contemporary calf; quarter morocco slipcase. Provenance: John Cray (signature, dated 1732 on title). FIRST EDITION. "Tremendous - but undoubtedly imaginary - adventures. Attributed also to Benjamin Victor and Daniel Defoe" (Howes). Howes C-356. -- [CHIMMO, William]. Midshipman's Diary; A Few Notes Extracted from the Cockpit Journal of a Man-of-War. London: J.D. Potter, 1862. 8o. 14 lithographed plates, most colored or tinted. Modern half morocco. Later edition. -- NICOL, John. The Life and Adventures of John Nicol, Mariner. Edited by John Howell. Edinburgh: William Blackwood; London: T. Cadell, 1822. 12o. Engraved frontispiece portrait. Later cloth. FIRST EDITION. Sabin 55241. -- GERSTAECKER, Friedrich. Narrative of a Journey Round the World. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1853. 3 volumes, 8o. Original cloth. FIRST EDITION. Ferguson 9886. Together 4 works in 6 volumes, condition varies. (6)