Lot 975
  • 975

Orme, William

Estimate
500 - 700 GBP
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Description

  • A Defence of the Missions in the South Sea, and Sandwich Islands. London: B.J. Holdsworth, 1827
  • Paper
FIRST EDITION, 8vo (226 x 136mm.), iv, 142pp., 2pp. adverts, [ii pp. inserted advert], original grey boards, printed paper label on the upper cover, uncut, red morocco-backed cloth box, spine worn

Provenance

William Wilberforce, politician and slavery abolitionist, ownership inscription twice on cover and once on title page

Literature

Forbes 684