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Exploring Borneo in 1840s
Exploring Borneo in 1840s
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Author: Marryat, Frank S.
Title: Borneo and the Indian Archipelago, with Drawings of Costume and Scenery
Place Published: London
Publisher:Longman, Brown, et al.
Date Published: 1848
Description:

[iii]-vi, 232 pp. Illustrated with 22 color or duotone lithographed plates from drawings by the author, including frontispiece & added title; plus woodcuts in the text. 26x19 cm (11x7¼"), full calf, spine tooled & lettered in gilt, leather spine labels. First Edition.

Superbly illustrated work on Indonesia by the son the novelist Frederick Marryat. Frank Marryat sailed as a midshipman with Edward Belcher on a surveying expedition to the archipelago, 1843-1846, and Hill notes that "interesting information is given in this book on Singapore, Macao, and the Philippines in addition to Indonesia." The younger Marryat also authored Mountains and Molehills, an esteemed work on the California gold rush, which was published in 1855, the year of his death at age 29. Hill, 1st ed, p.489; Hill, 2nd ed., 1088.

Condition
Rubbed, corners bumped and gutters cracking, rebacked; pp 3-6 disbound, very good.
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