Author: [Paltock, Robert]
Title: The Life and Remarkable Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man, As Related by Him on His Voyages from Cape Horn to England
Description: Otley, William Walker and Sons. Hardcover. pp. ix, 446.12mo. An early science fiction style novel by herein unnamed Robert Paltock (1697-1767), this book was initially published in 1750 but reached it's height of popularity a century later. This edition is undated, and is part of the series 'The Cottars' Library', and listed in a William Walker & Sons Catalogue circa 1820. Covers scuffed, mull exposed at hinges, free endpapers excised, age-toning, fingerprints to first & last few pages; fair. Ill.: Frontis, decorated title pg.

Keywords: Science fiction;Fantasy;Literary;History;;;;; Frontis, decorated title pg


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