HOOD, T.H.

Notes of a cruise in the H.M.S. "Fawn" in the western Pacific in the year 1862.

Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1863. First edition, 8vo, pp. ix, [3], 268; folding map and 20 illustrations, including 9 tinted lithographs; spine ends a bit chipped, slight rubbing, but generally a good copy in original brown cloth gilt. Sidney, Australia and return, via Aukland, Samoa, Feegee, New Caledonia, and Norfolk, with a whole chapter at the end (and one stunning lithograph plate) on the Pitcairn Islanders. Ferguson 10528. Item #25579

Price: $500.00