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The Resource The life and adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish man : taken from his own mouth in his passage to England, from off Cape Horn in America, in the ship Hector, by a passenger in the ship ; embellished with cuts

The life and adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish man : taken from his own mouth in his passage to England, from off Cape Horn in America, in the ship Hector, by a passenger in the ship ; embellished with cuts

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Publication
Extent
114, [2] p.
Note
  • Woodcut illustrations
  • Publisher's advertisements: [2] p. at end
  • Abridged from Paltock's novel by Richard Johnson; cf. Weedon, M.J.P. Richard Johnson and the successors to John Newbery (The Library, 5th ser., v. 4, no. 1, June 1949, p. 52)
  • First published 1751
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The life and adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish man : taken from his own mouth in his passage to England, from off Cape Horn in America, in the ship Hector
Title
The life and adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish man
Title remainder
taken from his own mouth in his passage to England, from off Cape Horn in America, in the ship Hector
Statement of responsibility
by a passenger in the ship ; embellished with cuts
Title variation
Peter Wilkins
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Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Cataloging source
CLU
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
fiction
Target audience
juvenile
Label
The life and adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish man : taken from his own mouth in his passage to England, from off Cape Horn in America, in the ship Hector, by a passenger in the ship ; embellished with cuts
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Woodcut illustrations
  • Publisher's advertisements: [2] p. at end
  • Abridged from Paltock's novel by Richard Johnson; cf. Weedon, M.J.P. Richard Johnson and the successors to John Newbery (The Library, 5th ser., v. 4, no. 1, June 1949, p. 52)
  • First published 1751
Dimensions
13 cm.
Extent
114, [2] p.
Note
  • Quarter brown calf and marbled paper over boards. Joints weak. In case.
  • Inscription in ink on upper paste-down and at head of t.p.: Edward Herbert.
Other physical details
ill. (woodcuts)
System control number
  • (OCoLC)31992289
  • ucoclc31992289
Label
The life and adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish man : taken from his own mouth in his passage to England, from off Cape Horn in America, in the ship Hector, by a passenger in the ship ; embellished with cuts
Publication
Note
  • Woodcut illustrations
  • Publisher's advertisements: [2] p. at end
  • Abridged from Paltock's novel by Richard Johnson; cf. Weedon, M.J.P. Richard Johnson and the successors to John Newbery (The Library, 5th ser., v. 4, no. 1, June 1949, p. 52)
  • First published 1751
Dimensions
13 cm.
Extent
114, [2] p.
Note
  • Quarter brown calf and marbled paper over boards. Joints weak. In case.
  • Inscription in ink on upper paste-down and at head of t.p.: Edward Herbert.
Other physical details
ill. (woodcuts)
System control number
  • (OCoLC)31992289
  • ucoclc31992289

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