The Voyage of the Frigate Pallada [1852-1855]

₱3,300.00

Author: Ivan Goncharov / N.W. Wilson [ed. & transl.]

Publisher: The Folio Society in London.

Year: 1965 [1858]

Size: 25 x 15.5 cm folio in slip case

1 in stock

Description

hardcover, 266 pp., no DJ. Pictorial blue
cloth boards in a navy slipcase.Front & Endpaper blue
voyage map, 4 maps and 8 illustrations.
UNCOMMON and hard to find edition.
first English edition of this epic voyage by the famous Russian writer Goncharov (1812-1891),
published by The Folio Society in London. Voyage from St. Petersburg, Cape of Good Hope,
Singapore, Hong Kong, Manila, Japan, to Irkutsk.
Comprehensive travelogue about the Philippines: pp219 till end; 1 Manila map and 1 cockfight illustration.
Originally published in Russian in 1858.

Condition

Lightly tanned pages; clean squared boards
with sunning, foxing and bleach spots
to spine. Light sunning to spine edge
of boards. Moderate shelf wear and
markings to slipcase. Minor rub wear
and tears to edges.