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(CURIOSA.) [Goodall, William.] The Adventures of Capt. Greenland. Volumes 1 and 2 (of 4). [2], 298; xv, [1], 318 pages. 12mo, late 19th-century tan calf gilt with dark red and blue morocco lettering pieces, extremities rubbed; contents toned and soiled, with scattered stains and early pencil doodles. Cyrus Hall McCormick bookplates. London: R. Baldwin, 1752
scarce first edition of a comic novel in the manner of Fielding. Of gay interest are chapters 11-12 in book 5, describing Mr. Moggy's overtures to the protagonist. See Rictor Norton (Ed.), "The Adventures of Captain Greenland, 1752", Homosexuality in Eighteenth-Century England: A Sourcebook, 24 April 2007 .
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