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The life and adventures of Peter Wilkins, among the flying nations of the south seas : taken from his own mouth, in his passage to England, off Cape Horn, in America, in the ship Hector, by R.S., a passenger / by Robert Paltock.

Accession number
PML 81774
Creator
Paltock, Robert, 1697-1767.
Published
London : Joseph Thomas ... and sold by Thomas Tegg ; and Simpkin, Marshall, & Co., 1839.
Notes
"In the present edition care has been taken to expunge such incidents, only, as are unsuited to the perusal of children ... and to correct such verbal inaccuracies as might induce a bad taste for style in composition."--Preface, p. iv, signed J.T. (Joseph Thomas).
On p. 180: Palmer & Clayton, Printers ...
Publisher's advertisement, [2] p. at end.
Series from binding and advertisement.
Spine title: Peter Wilkins.
The 1st ed. to name Paltock on the t.p.
Description
viii, 180, [2] p., [1] leaf of plates : ill. ; 14 cm
Binding
Gray publisher's cloth.
Classification
Department