Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
The adventures of a Yankee, or, The singular life of John Ledyard : with an account of his voyage round the world with the celebrated Captain Cooke : designed for youth / by a Yankee.
Call Number
English 18 12773
Hamilton 785s
Identifier
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/5999n734g
Publisher
Boston : Carter, Hendree and Babcock, 1831.
Language
English
Date Created
1831
Extent
90 p. : ill. ; 14 cm.
Provenance
Inscribed "A prize at school"--in ink, on first fly-leaf recto.
Princeton copy 2: Wolcott, Alexander, recipient
Princeton copy 2: Hatch, A, inscriber
References
Hamilton, S. Amer. book illustrators (1968 ed.), no. 785
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Copyright notice on title-page verso.
Wood engravings by John H. Hall, William J. Linton and others.
Includes introduction.
Publisher's advertisements, p. 4 of cover.
Princeton copy 2: Waterstained, cockled.
Princeton copy 2: Ad for Girl's Own Book on lower board.
Princeton copy 2: Insc "Alexander Wolcott from A. Hatch.
Binding Note
Original printed boards.
Princeton copy 2: green ptd bds, tan calf.

Discovery Information

Subject
Ledyard, John 1751-1789—Juvenile literature
Cook, James 1728-1779—Juvenile literature
Explorers—Biography—Juvenile literature
Voyages and travels—Juvenile literature
Prize books

Physical Characteristics

File Count
100

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/847ef463-47db-481f-82ff-453fe8585ff1/manifest