Delano, Amasa (1763-1823) A Narrative of Voyages and Travels in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres: Comprising Three Voyages Round t

Delano, Amasa (1763-1823) A Narrative of Voyages and Travels in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres: Comprising Three Voyages Round the World. Boston: by E.G. House for the Author, 1817. First edition, octavo, illustrated with portrait frontispiece, one full-page plate, and a folding map of Pitcairn Island, bound in full contemporary sheepskin; binding worn, title page torn with loss to top outside corner, foxing throughout; sewing structure weak at a point in the center of the textblock, front board detached, 8 1/2 x 5 in. Chapter eighteen of the present work, which recounts Delano experience with a slave ship off the coast of Chile in 1799, is the prime source for Herman Melville's novella, Benito Cereno. Estimate $20-200 The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition requests can be obtained via email (lot inquiry button) or by telephone to the appropriate gallery location (Boston/617.350.5400 or Marlborough/508.970.3000). Any condition statement given, as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Skinner Inc. shall have no responsibility for any error or omission.