Duodecimo (142x85mm) marbled calf with part of vol.number label & title label (hinges cracked but still secure/tips worn and 5mm chipped to head & foot of spine/corners worn & chipped) Titlepage +[5]pp +[1]p blank) +258pp. Bookplate of Library of American board of commissioners for foreign Missions and bookplate of Jeremiah Evarts. Neat, tight & clean copy. Description of the Maldives by Francis Pirard de Laval, Voyages searching for North West Passage by Capt. Thomas James & Henry Ellis & the Eskimaux (sic). From a series of early childrens book on exploration with all the charming required plates.