VOYAGE OF THE UNITED STATES FRIGATE POTOMAC, UNDER THE COMMAND OF COMMODORE JOHN DOWNES, DURING THE CIRCUMNAVIGATION OF THE GLOBE, IN THE YEARS 1831, 1832, 1833, AND 1834, INCLUDING A PARTICULAR ACCOUNT OF THE ENGAGEMENT AT QUALLAH-BATTOO, ON THE COAST OF SUMATRA, WITH ALL THE OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS RELATED TO THE SAME. [WITH ALS BY REYNOLDS CONCERNING ILLUSTRATIONS IN THIS BOOK, DATED 1834, LAID-IN AT REAR] by J. [Jeremiah] N. Reynolds - 1835

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1835. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 6 x 9 inches. x, 560 pages, no ads. Original blue embossed cloth with gilt printing on spine. Author signed letter laid-in on pp. 556 & 557 of Appendix, envelope is on p. 555. Letter is addressed to Capt. David Leslie, 306 E. Broadway NYC, some of the handwriting is difficult to decipher but it concerns an error made by the artist of the configuration of the rigging on the Potomac and asks Leslie to try to tell the artist how to correct it. Letter is dated Boston, Dec. 20, 1834 - before the publication date of 1835. Collated as complete with folding frontis illustration of Potomac at Valparaiso, plus 9 engraved plates, 5 of which are folding, all are tissue protected. Condition is Very Good, cloth is split at joints but hinges remain very sound, previous owners name, Edmund Norman Leslie on ffep dated 1836 and 1849, and at top of title page dated 1839, also his bookplate on front pastedown, illustrations are generally very good with occasional light foxing, folding view of Rio has an old cloth repair at fold, text pages are also very clean with a few spots of foxing, binding is tight. Naut. RRGR