The cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka and New Guinea with notices of Formosa, Liu-Kiu, and various islands of the Malay Archipelago. davies Half-titles and titlepages present throughout

Half-titles and titlepages present throughout

Presentation copy from Arthur Sabin

originally published in parts between 1842 and 1844 and considered the last of Dickens's picaresque novels

Signed Presentation copy from the Author with a long inscription to the titlepage

The cruise of the Marchesa to Kamschatka and New Guinea with notices of Formosa, Liu-Kiu, and various islands of the Malay Archipelago. davies Half-titles and titlepages present throughoutLondon: John Murray, 1889. Second edition. 8vo. pp xviii, [1], 455. 14 maps (some coloured and folding) plus numerous text and full page illustrations. Publisher's original blue cloth, decorative gilt to upper board and spine. Corner tips rubbed, upper hinge tender, endpapers lightly toned. A detailed account of the "the less known lands and islands" of Formosa, Liu Kiu, Kamschatka, Bering, Cagayan, Sulu Sulu, Borneo, Labuan, Sumbawa, Celebes,