Fine Books & Manuscripts
Tue, Jun 26, 2018 08:30PM EDT
Lot 223
Pioneering in Formosa: Recollections of Adventures among Mandarins, Wreckers, & Head-Hunting Savages.
Estimate: $150 - $250
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Pickering, W.A. Pioneering in Formosa: Recollections of Adventures among Mandarins, Wreckers, & Head-Hunting Savages. London: Hurst & Blackett, 1898. Original gilt pictorial red cloth. Half-title, portrait frontis., map and 23 plates. 8vo. xxvi, 283, [2 ad leaves]. Tight copy, library bookplate and card pocket to pastedowns, pencil annotations to prelims, some rubbing and wear to cloth. With: An Historical and Geographical Description of Formosa (London: Mat. Wotton, 1705), George Psalmanazar, defective period calf, needs rebacking and repair, folding map, folding alphabet, 15 plates, 8vo.
