Lot 684
  • 684

Jarman, Robert

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 GBP
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Description

  • Jarman, Robert
  • Journal of a Voyage to the South Seas, in the "Japan," employed in the Sperm Whale Fishery, under the command of Capt. John May. London: Longman and Co. and Charles Tilt, [1838]
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (158 x 94mm.), [vi], 242pp., contemporary black ribbed cloth, text slightly soiled

"A very rare and little-known account of an English whaling and trading voyage" (Forbes). The voyage took place 1831-1834 and the work includes a long stop at Coupang, Malaya, an account of the Bounty mutineers, and visits to Honolulu, Sydney and the Bay of Islands.

Provenance

James Douthwaite, inscription, "July 1857 / A Friend will meet / And then must part / I trust we will meet a / Gain / James Douthwaite / Whitby"; Ida Marriott, signature

Literature

Bagnall 2865 (with different imprint: Beccles); Ferguson 2526; Forbes 1104; not in Hill

Condition

the condition of this lot is as described in the catalogue description
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