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NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE TO THE SOUTH SEAS, AND THE SHIPWRECK OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES CUTTER, WITH AN ACCOUNT OF TWO YEARS RESIDENCE ON AN UNINHABITED ISLAND by Goodridge, Charles Medyett:
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Exeter [England]. 1841.. [22],[11]-170pp. Frontispiece plus two plates. Tipped-in errata slip. Original cloth. Binding rather sunned, worn at spine ends and corners. Some dampstaining to lower foredge corner of plates and a few leaves. Overall a tight, good copy. Styled fourth edition on the titlepage, after the first of 1837. An interesting account of a Pacific voyage and the author's subsequent shipwreck on a deserted island. Goodridge was an enthusiastic seaman from age thirteen, and served on fourteen ships overs a period of nine years. The narrative describes visits to Madeira, the Canary Islands, the Cape Verde Islands, as well as the far south Pacific Crozet Islands, the site of the wreck. The party had been hunting elephant seals. "The survivors lived on sea elephants, penguins, and sea birds, and endeavored to build a boat, in hopes of finding a rescue vessel. Before the boat was finished, the American ship Philo touched at the island and rescued them...[The crew was] picked up again...and taken to Tasmania, where Goodridge lived for many years" - Hill. "This is one of the liveliest and best of the shipwreck narratives, and almost the only one with a happy ending...Goodridge had much to say of the value of a Bible to the shipwrecked men, and this emphasis doubtless helped his sales" - Huntress. The frontispiece is a portrait of Goodridge in his seal skin costume. HUNTRESS 297C. HILL 713 (3rd ed.) FERGUSON 3196.
spine : The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf. Also known as the back. tight : Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use. leaves : When used to refer to a part of a book means the book's pages. frontispiece : A portrait or illustration on the page opposing the title page. sunned : The affected portion of the book has been discolored from exposure to the sun. plates : Full page illustrations or photographs. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e., they are not sewn as parts of gatherings. tipped-in : used to describe something which has been glued into a book, for example a bookplate. errata : a list correcting errors found after a book has already been printed. Cloth : Generally refers to a hardcover with cloth covering the outside of the book covers.
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