By the Retired Governor of Juan Fernandez. First edition. Engraved half-title, folding map, 5 engraved plates and 3 portraits. 8vo. Original cloth, with gilt cover vignette. A little faded and with a little wear to spine extremities. xii, 563, [1]pp. Some largely marginal foxing to the plates. Front free endpaper and few preliminary pages detached. Fisher, Son & Co. London, 1841.
Original editions of this title are quite scarce. Sutcliffe served in the liberating armies in both Chile and Peru and well over half the book describes stirring adventures against the Spanish oppressors. Sabin, 93950.
