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Condición: New. KlappentextThe History of Prince Lee Boo, Son of Abba Thulle, King of the Pelew Islands: Brought to England by Captain Wilson is a book written by George Keate in 1823. The book is a historical account of Prince Lee Boo, the son of Abba .

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Paperback. Condición: New. Print on Demand. This book is a fascinating account of a group of shipwrecked British sailors and their encounter with the benevolent natives of the Pelew Islands, an intriguing chain of islands that were largely unknown to the Western world in the 18th century. This unique narrative, written by Captain Henry Wilson, the commander of the ill-fated Antelope, not only provides a gripping firsthand account of the sailors' harrowing ordeal but also offers a valuable glimpse into the culture and customs of the Pelew people -- their language, their way of life, their intricate social structure, their warfare, their food, and their unique forms of dancing and recreation. The book offers a captivating study of human nature and the remarkable resilience of the human spirit in the face of adversity. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item.

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Couverture rigide. Condición: Assez bon. 2ème Édition. Paris, Maradan, 1793. 2 volumes in-8 (19,5 x 13 cm), veau racinée, roulette dorée en encadrement, dos lisse orné, pièces de titre rouge et de tomaison verte, (reliure époque). Seconde édition de la traduction française établie par le comte de Mirabeau, illustrée de 3 portraits gravés Massard, Madame de Gouy et Mademoiselle Jouan, dont ceux du roi Abba Thulle et de sa famille ; et de 13 planches dépliantes (carte, plan, vues et objets ethnographiques), certaines signées par Pierre-François Tardieu. Relation du naufrage en août 1783 du vaisseau de la Compagnie des Indes orientales , L'Antelope, commandé par le capitaine Henry Wilson, au large des iles Palau (ou Palaos) en Micronésie. L'équipage réussit, avec les débris du navire et l'aide précieuse des indigènes, à construire une embarcation et regagner Macao, en compagnie du prince Lee Boo, fils du roi local. Ce récit, rédigé à partir du journal et des communications de Wilson, fournit l'une des plus importantes descriptions de cette région du monde. Il comprend un vocabulaire de la langue palau, ici aux pages 251-267 du tome II. Joli exemplaire, bien complet des faux-titres avec la table des gravures au verso de chacun d'eux. Manque la planche de Ludée , coiffes usées , déchirure à la carte sans manque.

Couverture rigide. Condición: Bon. 2ème Édition. Paris, Maradan, 1793. 2 vol. in-8 (19,5× 12,5 cm), 2ff.-280pp. & 2ff.-272pp., demi-basane fauve mouchetée, dos lisses ornés, pièces de titre rouges et de tomaison vertes (reliures de l'époque). Plats frottés, petites taches et rousseurs. Seconde édition de la traduction française établie par le comte de Mirabeau, illustrée d'un portrait frontispice, de 3 portraits gravés Massard, Madame de Gouy et Mademoiselle Jouan, dont ceux du roi Abba Thulle et de sa famille ; et de 13 planches dépliantes (carte, plan, vues et objets ethnographiques), certaines signées par Pierre-François Tardieu. Relation du naufrage en août 1783 du vaisseau de la Compagnie des Indes orientales, L'Antelope, commandé par le capitaine Henry Wilson, au large des iles Palau (ou Palaos) en Micronésie. L'équipage réussit, avec les débris du navire et l'aide précieuse des indigènes, à construire une embarcation et regagner Macao, en compagnie du prince Lee Boo, fils du roi local. Ce récit, rédigé à partir du journal et des communications de Wilson, fournit l'une des plus importantes descriptions de cette région du monde. Il comprend un vocabulaire de la langue palau, ici aux pages 251-267 du tome II. M-5A.

Couverture rigide. Condición: Bon. Edition originale. Chez Le Jay et Maradan, A Paris 1788, 2 volumes reliés en un , in 8 , (4) 282pp. et (4) 274pp. (3), relié demi cuir , dos lisse avec titre illustré d'un portrait de Wilson en frontispice, une grande carte dépliante , 15 planches hors texte, petites rousseurs , léger frottements . Première relation concernant ces îles situées à l'est des Philippines, dont la population fut longtemps considérée comme dangereuse. Avant le naufrage de l'Antelope sur ses côtes, les îles Pelew (ou Palaos) n'avaient jamais été approchées par des européens. L'ouvrage est composé d'après les journaux du capitaine et de son équipage: il fournit une fascinante description des îles, des indigènes et des coutumes, ainsi que des péripéties extraordinaire du séjour. Combats de l'équipage au côté du roi des Pelew, construction d'un nouveau bateau pour le retour à Macao, etc. L'équipage réussit à regagner l'Angleterre en juillet 1784, accompagné du fils du roi des Pelew. Le jeune prince mourut de la petite vérole cinq mois plus tard. Les 17 dernières pages contiennent un vocabulaire de la langue Pelew.

Couverture rigide. Condición: Bon. Edition originale. Paris, Maradan, 1793. 2 volumes in-8 (20 x 12,5 cm), 2ff.-280pp. & 2ff.-272pp., veau porphyre, dos lisse orné avec titre et tomaison, triples filets aux plats, tranches jaspées. Petits frottements, 2 coins usés, 1 cahier bruni, déchirure au pli de la grande carte. Seconde édition de la traduction française établie par le comte de Mirabeau, illustrée d'un portrait frontispice, de 3 portraits gravés Massard, Madame de Gouy et Mademoiselle Jouan, dont ceux du roi Abba Thulle et de sa famille ; et de 13 planches dépliantes (carte, plan, vues et objets ethnographiques), certaines signées par Pierre-François Tardieu. Relation du naufrage en août 1783 du vaisseau de la Compagnie des Indes orientales, L'Antelope, commandé par le capitaine Henry Wilson, au large des iles Palau (ou Palaos) en Micronésie. L'équipage réussit, avec les débris du navire et l'aide précieuse des indigènes, à construire une embarcation et regagner Macao, en compagnie du prince Lee Boo, fils du roi local. Ce récit, rédigé à partir du journal et des communications de Wilson, fournit l'une des plus importantes descriptions de cette région du monde. Il comprend un vocabulaire de la langue palau, ici aux pages 251-267 du tome II. M-5A.

Hardcover. Condición: Poor. An Account of the Pelew Islands, Situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean. Composed of the Journals of Captain Henry Wilson. By George Wilson Keate and published in Boston by Manning and Loring. 1796, 264 pp, 6.25 x 4", 18mo, full leather. In as-is condition, with boards detached. Wear to leather on boards and spine. Part of title page missing. Ex-library from the Taunton Public Library in Taunton, Massachusetts. Text block remains bound well despite board conditions. Toning and foxing to text block. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A scarce work, documenting the experience of Henry Wilson, a British East India Company captain who was stranded in modern-day Palau. A popular book at the time, his experiences helped create the idea of the "noble savage" among Europeans. A wonderful piece of history that would be an excellent candidate for restoration. FORN-ABE-MSB-0122-Shelf-627-aj1125.

Hardcover. Condición: Fair. front cover detached, lacking rear board, title page and fep's detached,16 of 17 plates present including large front map and folding view of islands,owner name stamped, view of Islands has a closed tear, includes portraits of Prince Le Boo and Abba Thule, vocabulary in rear.

half-leather. Condición: Good in poor boards. 1802 Pocket-sized American edition of George Keate's account of the wreck of the packet ship Antelope, in the employ the British East India Company, under Capt. Henry Wilson (Keate not credited on the title page); a provincial New York State imprint of the Wilmington edition of 1794; Shaw & Shoemaker 2478; half-calf with marble boards; prominent fountain-pen inscriptions to endpapers and prelims, general toning and foxing throughout, string-binding occasionally showing at gutters, 2 x 1cm loss to front endpaper, o.w. Good; boards heavily rubbed and cracked, with significant loss of marbling; some wear to spine. no dustwrapper. 131pp (iv). 13 x 10cm. Good in poor boards.

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. First French. Text in FRENCH. iii, 280pp (+ 15p duplicated from Vol:2 bound in after page 32?), errata + ii, 274pp, errata, approbation. 16 illustrations inc.maps - some folding, the introductory map is missing, title labels missing top both volumes, rubbing and shaving to both volumes, some chiping to first and last pages in both volumes, that said this is a respectable copy. 950g.

Leather. 4th Edition. 1st octavo edition (4th ed), full leather boards (original leather laid over new leather to spine: spine includes device of the Order of the Garter). Large folding map (in very good condition), b&w frontis portrait and another portrait plate, pp xxx, I, 408, scattered foxing at prelims and end-pages, heavier to earlier images in the book, frontispiece and title-page, cloth tape to inner hinges, wear along edges of leather boards, embossed inner dentelles. Complete. Nineteenth-century bookplate (Charles Chatfield) and later owner's bookplate (Western Australian anthropologist D'Arcy Ryan), contemporary owner's signature (Adam Young Jnr"). Good condition. Captain Henry Wilson commanded the East India ship the Antelope, which was shipwrecked near Ulong Island, Palu, in 1783. The book describes the sailors' experiences and the inhabitants of the islands. Includes vocabulary and chart of the islands and surrounding seas. First octavo edition, uncommon with large folding chart ("A Chart of the Pelew Islands and Adjacent Seas" by Capt. H. Wilson".

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. 4th Edition. Octavo. Collates textually complete [xxx], [2], 408p. Engraved folding map present, along with the engraving of Prince Lee Boo, lacks the portrait of Captain Wilson only. A good solid copy. Sound and clean copy with toning or light browning occasionally. Minor light marks, blemishes or reading wear only else a nice copy presented in an attractive restored period binding. With an interesting inscription to the front board Juliana Stanford, from Capt. George Standford . Dated but difficult to read as to whether it is 1789 or 1929. With a further Stanford family signature to the front end paper. Bound in an attractive contemporary tree-calf binding. Neatly re-backed and with the original spine label retained and re-laid to the spine. A solid and attractive restored contemporary binding. MULTIPLE ADDITIONAL PHOTO IMAGES AVAILABLE. CONTACT US TO REQUEST.

Couverture rigide. Condición: Assez bon. 2ème Édition. Paris, Maradan, 1793. 2 volumes in-8 (20 x 12,5 cm), veau moucheté, roulette dorée en encadrement, dos lisse orné, pièces de titre et de tomaison , (reliure époque). Seconde édition de la traduction française établie par le comte de Mirabeau, illustrée d un portrait frontispice , de 3 portraits gravés Massard, Madame de Gouy et Mademoiselle Jouan, dont ceux du roi Abba Thulle et de sa famille ; et de 13 planches dépliantes (carte, plan, vues et objets ethnographiques), certaines signées par Pierre-François Tardieu. Relation du naufrage en août 1783 du vaisseau de la Compagnie des Indes orientales , L'Antelope, commandé par le capitaine Henry Wilson, au large des iles Palau (ou Palaos) en Micronésie. L'équipage réussit, avec les débris du navire et l'aide précieuse des indigènes, à construire une embarcation et regagner Macao, en compagnie du prince Lee Boo, fils du roi local. Ce récit, rédigé à partir du journal et des communications de Wilson, fournit l'une des plus importantes descriptions de cette région du monde. Il comprend un vocabulaire de la langue palau, ici aux pages 251-267 du tome II. Joli exemplaire, bien complet des faux-titres avec la table des gravures au verso de chacun d'eux , ex-libris de Caieu de Varicourt Abbeville ,plats frottés coiffe tome 1 usé ,coins usés , début de fente tome 1, déchirure à la carte sans manque .

Condición: Near Fine. Second Edition. An Account of the Pelew Islands George Keate (based on the journals of Captain Henry Wilson) Second Edition London: Printed for Captain Wilson; sold by G. Nicol, 1788 Handsomely bound contemporary calf with gilt ship ornaments on spine Description A beautiful and well-preserved copy of the second edition (1788) of George Keate's celebrated narrative, An Account of the Pelew Islands, Situated in the Western Part of the Pacific Ocean. The work is based on the real journals and correspondence of Captain Henry Wilson, commander of the East India Company packet ship Antelope, which was famously shipwrecked off the Palau (Pelew) Islands in1783. This firsthand narrative became one of the most important early European accounts of Palau, providing a detailed ethnographic description of island culture, weapons, government, and customs. It is a foundational source for Pacific exploration and anthropology. The book includes the famed large engraved plates, including ethnographic depictions, implements, costumes, and scenes from the Antelope's time among the islanders. Significance This work is one of the earliest and most influential Western descriptions of Palau. Captain Wilson and his crew spent several months on the islands after the wreck of the Antelope, living among the Palauan people, formingdiplomatic bonds, and transporting Prince Lee Boowhose tragic early death in England became an enduring cultural touchstone. Keate's account became widely read in Europe, shaping Western views of the Pacific and contributing significantly to early ethnography. . BEAUTIFULLY REBACKED RETAINING ORIGINAL FULL SPECKLED CALF BOARDS.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good. Arthur William Devis; Georgiana Keate; J. Platt; John Russell; T. Malton; J. Wedgebrough; Robert White; H. Wilson, jr. Plus engravers H. Kingsbury; Thomas Landseer; T. Medland; W. & J. Walker Ilustrador. First Edition. First edition. Hard cover, 4to, in original unsigned tree calf fine binding, the spine rebacked, with 5 raised bands. The second compartment bears a red morocco label with gilt title: WILSON/AN ACCOUNT/ OF THE /PELEW ISLANDS." Bands are double ruled in gilt, with remnants of gilt rolled to board edges. Cream endpapers, letterpress-printed upon mould made paper. Stiple-engraved frontispiece portrait engraving of Capt. Henry Wilson (1740-1810) with 2 engraved fold-outs (one map, one landscape elevation), and additional 15 engraved full page plates; i.e.17 illustrations, as called for in the First Edition. With twenty-seven chapters, Directions to Binders, Dictionary of the Pelew Language and errata page. Title page with one illegible owner signature in old ink, with another below in the name of TH-- TWYSDEN. Engraved armorial bookplate of Viscount Falmouth. (see below).*CONDITION: Very Good. Professionally rebacked, but now featuring some superficial scuffs to the spine, some heavy scratches to the rear board. Light wear to finish and edges with some later color correction. Corners repaired, and rubbed. Both hinges with old paper repairs. Front hinge having about a two inch rend at center of same. Inside, earlier quires with some toning, odd spots of fox or soiling. Offset from only a couple of the engravings upon text. Map with mild fold creasing, small polish offset. One small paper repair at fold on foldout landscape. COLLATION:[2] pp.,[i]-xxvii [xxviii is Direction to binders], [1] - 378pp. [379 pp. eratta].**SUBJECT: The British and Chinese crew aboard the East India Company's packet ship Antelope comes to harm in July, 1783 as their ship is blown off course in a gale off of Macau, stranding them upon the coral banks of a hitherto unexplored group of South Pacific (now Micronesian) islands between Guam and the Phillipines. The Captain, Henry Wilson, and crew pull off a remarkable feat of salvaging the remains of the ship to build a sloop, enabling the crew to set sail via Canton to England after only four months on Oroolong, the island gifted them by the Pelau King Abba Thulle. Compiler George Keate uses journals, interviews and the log to tell the human story of an unplanned yet remarkably fruitful voyage of exploration and anthropological discovery. The Pelew (Pelau, or Belau) kingdom of the chief Abba Thulle extends generous hospitality and friendship to the travelers, inviting mutual respect and kindness. In return, the British aid them in medical matters and several battles against rival islanders. They are gifted various Pelauan "ornaments"( which make up some of the illustrations) as they set off four months later to return to England, also bringing with them the King's nephew, Prince Lee Boo, who lives for a time with Mr. Keate and his family. Keate wrote a second title about Lee Boo's time in England, and his daughter Caroline provides a portrait from memory used here, when Lee Boo died from smallpox in Dec., 1784. **ILLUSTRATIONS: Arthur William Devis (1762-1822 ) shipped out as the official East India Company Artist in 1782, and by 1783 was aboard the shipwrecked "Antelope" in Palau. Trained as an academic painter and portraitist, he exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy and other galleries. The British Museum has several of his original portrait drawings from the voyage which appear in the book, including that of the Prince Lee Boo (Lebu) and his father, Arra Kook (Arra Kooger), as well as a portrait of a Chinese lady drawn after the crew regrouped in Macau and Canton in 1784. (British Museum online). Luckily, there were numerous artistically-inclined sketchers on this voyage, including the Captain himself, making possible a thoroughly fascinating pictorial record of the events, cultural history and people. The brother of artist Edwin Landseer, the engraver Thomas Landseer was also employed on this work, as prepared back in London. BIBLIOGRAPHERS cite five editions by 1804, including a pirated Irish edition and one in French; it has been an enduringly popular narative, variously abridged and translated into many languages in the ensuing years, due to the particularly well-told tale on a very human scale. **PROVENANCE: Viscount Falmouth, Mereworth Castle, Kent (engraved bookplate). This stunning early eighteenth-century Palladian home, designed by Scottish architect Colen Campbell, appeared in film as the residence of Agent 007, in the 1967 Sean Connery/ James Bond film, "Casino Royale," immortalized from the 1953 Ian Fleming novel. The book is presumed to have belonged to the 3rd Viscount Falmouth, George Evelyn Boscawen, (d.1808) whose family crest upon the bookplate features distinctive heraldry of lions rampant with the tail of a fish. (His father, the 2nd Viscount Falmouth, Hugh Boscawen, (d. 1782) was a naval Admiral. Also, THOMAS TWYSDEN, (d. 1801) whose name appears signed in old ink to the title page, also had a distinguished and lengthy naval career, entering service in 1781 as Fourth Lieut. of the 74-gun ship of the line, The Defense, in 1793. REFS: BDNB. J.-Ch. Brunet, "Manuel du Libraire et de L'Amateur de Livres." Vol.III, (Paris: Libraire de Firmin Didot Frères, Fils et Co., 1862) No. [21153], p. 647. J.R. Abbey, "Travel in Aquatint and Lithography 1770-1860 (Stoors-Mansfield, CT: M. Martino Publisher, 1995), note to No. 546. Cotton and Fawcett, "East Indiamen" (London: Batchworth Press, 1949), p. 138. Three Decks' dot org. (4.7 lbs.). Book.

Couverture rigide. Condición: Très bon. Edition originale. Relation des Iles Pelew, situées dans la partie occidentale de l'Océan Pacifique, composée sur les journaux et les communications du Capitaine Henri Wilso et de quelques-uns de ses officiers, qui en août 1783 y ont fait naufrage sur l'Antilope, paquebot de la Compagnie des Indes Orientales. Traduit de l'anglais de George Keate. Deux tomes In-12 de 280 et 272 pp. 17 planches et cartes hors-texte. Demi-veau beige, dos lisse orné, pièces de titre et de tomaison noires. Plats cartonnage bleu, frottements mineurs.