Lot 1310
  • 1310

Walker, George

Estimate
800 - 1,200 GBP
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Description

  • The Voyages and Cruises of Commodore Walker, during the late Spanish and French Wars. London: A. Millar, 1760
  • paper
FIRST EDITION, 2 volumes, 8vo (166 x 98mm.), (vol.1) xx, 240pp.; (vol.2) [iv], 312pp., contemporary speckled calf, red labels

Provenance

Sir James Colquhoun, armorial bookplate

Literature

Howes W36; Sabin 101044

Catalogue Note

The first chapter relates Walker's experiences in 1740-42 while protecting the coast of North and South Carolina from the Spanish privateers.