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London: Dawsons of Pall Mall, 1969. Hardcover. Fine. First edition thus. Octavo. x, 235pp. With two fold-out maps. A fine copy. Part of The Colonial History Series, edited by D. H. Simpson. First published in London in 1804.
The Narrative of Captain David Woodard and Four Seamen, Who Lost Their Ship While in a Boat at Sea. by Woodard, Captain David - 1805
by Woodard, Captain David
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London: J. Johnson, 1805. xxxii, 236 pp. b/w frontis. plates and folding charts.
Woodard was sent off in a boat in the Straits of Macassar to ask for food from another ship. He was separated from his own ship, captured by natives on the Celebes, and after 2 1/2 years reached Macassar. The governor there sent him to Batavia where he found an American ship. "This narrative contains a good deal of material about the life of the natives of the Celebes, but probably the most valuable portion of the book is the collection of narratives of shipwrecks and disasters at sea.Huntress 114C. Hill 1912. This is the second edition, which differs from the first in that the text is reset onto fewer pages (236 vs. 252 pp.) and the appendix listing shipwrecks is somewhat shortened. However, it does contain Blighs narrative on pp. 166-174. An interesting variant. Bound in original cloth with paper spine. Some foxing to frontispiece and charts, else a very good copy.
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- Keywords Nautical, Maritime, Shipwreck, Whaling
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The Narrative of Captain David Woodard and Four Seamen, Who Lost Their Ship While in a Boat at Sea, and Surrendered Themselves Up to the Malays, in the Island of Celebes
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London: Printed for J. Johnson ... by S. Hamilton. Very Good-. 1804. First Edition. Hardcover. xl, 252 pages; Continued TITLE: containing An Interesting Account Of their Sufferings from Hunger and various Hardships, and their Escape from the Malays, after a Captivity of Two Years and a Half: Also an account of the Manners and Customs of the Country, And a Description of the Harbours and Coast, &c. Together with an Introduction And an Appendix, containing Narratives of various Escapes from Shipwrecks, under great Hardships and Abstinence; holding out A VALUABLE SEAMAN'S GUIDE, And the Importance of Union, Confidence, and Perseverance, in the Midst of Distress. CONDITION: Contemporary full calf binding, six compartments at spine delineated by gilt lines, red leather title label in second compartment with gilt lettering; leather quite rubbed at edges (especially foredge of front board) and along spine hinges (leather cracked and tender, splitting at top of front hinge),…
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London: J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard, 1804. 1st. Hardcover. Good. The very uncommon 1804 1st edition. 1/4 calf over marbled boards. A VG, well-preserved copy of this important narrative-at-sea. A degree of wear along the spine and the tips and minor fading to the spine. 6 gilt-bordered compartments, spine label. Still very tightly-bound and internally quite clean with only light, minor foxing. The 2 fold-out maps and all plates and engravings called for are present and in sharp condition. Octavo, 156 pgs. of narrative plus Appendix of short abstracts of similar cases at sea and, finally, a 15 pg. "List of a Number of Accidents, Shipwrecks, and Escapes Where Great Hardships and Difficulties Have Been Encountered, and Which Many Have Survived by Perseverance." Handsome bookplate and crest of the Llanover Library affixed to the inside cover. The renowned Llanover collection, catalogued in 1914, focused on books and manuscripts of Welsh interest and was brought into the National Library of Wales in 1916.
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