May 15, 2012 - Sale 2279

Sale 2279 - Lot 347

Price Realized: $ 540
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
(LEE BOO.) The Interesting and Affecting History of Prince Lee Boo, a Native of the Pelew Islands, brought to England by Capt. Wilson; to which is prefixed, A Short Account of Those Islands, with a Sketch of the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants. Engraved frontispiece portrait of Lee Boo. viii, 178, [6] pages, including 3 leaves of bookseller's ads at end. 12mo, modern 1/4 calf; light offsetting from portrait onto title. London: E. Newbery, 1789

Additional Details

first edition. Osborne, page 166; Roscoe J170.1.