Narrative of a Voyage to the South Seas, and the Shipwreck of the Princess of Wales Cutter, with an account of a two years' residence on an uninhabited island by one of the survivors.
Exeter: Printed and published by W.C. Featherstone, 1838. [23], [14]-180 pp. Illus. with frontispiece and a second plate, both with tissue guards. 16mo. Cloth with gilt title. Second edition. A very good- copy, small tears to spine ends, front joint starting, rear board soiled, occasional foxing, small image of a penguin affixed to rear pastedown. Sabin 27929. Hill 713 (3rd ed.). Ferguson II: 2496. Item #41749
Includes lists of subscribers and opinions of the press. Goodridge had signed on to a sealing expedition on the Princess of Wales and after stopping at Madeira, the Canary Islands, and the Cape Verde Islands, the ship was wrecked on one of the Crozet Islands. The crew that survived lived off the land and attempted to build a boat but were rescued before they finished by the American ship Philo. "After an altercation with the captain, most of the shipwrecked crew asked to be put ashore on St. Paul Island. They were picked up again nearly three months later and taken to Tasmania, where Goodridge lived for many years," Hill p. 251. Though later editions are not uncommon on the market, the second has not been at auction since Sothebys 1971 Exploration sale and OCLC locates only three copies in America: NYPL, Indiana Univ., and Bishop Mus. Lib.
Price: $400.00