WOODARD, CAPTAIN DAVID
The Narrative of Captain David Woodard and Four Seamen, Who Lost Their Ship While in a Boat at Sea, and Surrendered Themselves up to the Malays, in the Island of Celebes; Containing an Interesting Account... London: J. Johnson, 1804.

8vo, quarter green calf over marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine. First edition. Complete with engraved portrait frontispiece, two plates, and two fold-out maps. In addition to the story of Woodard and his men, part two of the text includes an account of the manners and customs of the Malays and a glossary of the Malay language, part three contains 22 appendices accounting 14 shipwrecks and instructions to seamen on survival. Edgewear; evidence of bookplate removal to front pastedown; intermittent foxing; 2-inch tear to gutter of title page; light offsetting from plates.