Voyage of Discovery in the South Sea, and to Bering's Straits, in Search of a North-east Passage; Untertaken in the Years 1815, 16, 17, and 18, in the Ship Rurick (Parts I and II bound in one volume)
London: Sir Richard Phillips and Co., 1821. Leather bound. 220pp. Octavo [23 cm] in twentieth century quarter red leather over dark blue boards, with gilt spine title. Recased. Light rubbing to spine, small perforation to front joint at top; ink name dated 1932 on front pastedown, hinges cracked (but holding). With four fold-out maps. Very good. Item #56987
An abridged English version of Kotzebue's "Entdeckungs-Reise in die Süd-See und nach der Berings-Strasse," published in the same year as the first English edition.
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