The Life of John Ledyard: The American Traveller, Comprising Selections from his Journals and Correspondence - In Original Boards
Cambridge: Hilliard & Brown, 1828. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. Seven pages of publisher ads [dated January 1828,] xii, 325 pp. Bound in publisher's paper-covered boards over brown cloth backstrip, title label on spine. Rubbed edges and corners; front hinge loose; title label split and faded; several leaves with mellowed dog-ear creases and occasional stains; blank preliminary partially detached. Bookplate on front pastedown and pencil annotation to front free endpaper. Publisher ad leaves uncut. Good. Item #11307
An invaluable account of one of the first American explorers, consisting mainly of selections from Ledyard's journals and letters. As a sailor on Cook's third voyage he visited the Pacific, the Northwest Coast, Alaska, and Hawaii. At the behest of Thomas Jefferson he attempted to cross over to America by traversing Russia, only to be arrested and deported. He died while exploring the Nile in 1789. HOWES: S818, SABIN: 88991; SMITH 9721.
Price: $850.00