• Publication: The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man: Taken from His Own Mouth, in His Passage to England, from Off Cape Horn in America, in the Ship HectorPublication Record # 308930
• Author: R. S.
• Date: 1844-04-00
• Publisher: John W. Parker
• Price:
  3/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
• Pages: 263
• Format:
  hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
• Type: NOVEL
• Notes:

  • "A new edition, thoroughly revised."
  • According to Bleiler many editions were abridged.
  • The Bibliotheca Cornubiensis: P-Z (1878) on page 421 describes this edition as "An expurgated edition." According to the introduction signed by the editor (J. C.) the sections that were "in compliance with the bad taste of his (the author's) age" have been omitted "as a just tribute to the improved manners of our own".
  • The full text and images of this edition are available at The Internet Archive sourced from The University of California.
  • The full text and images of this edition are available at Google Books sourced from The University of Michigan.
  • The full text and images of this edition are available at The HathiTrust Digital Library sourced from The New York Public Library, The University of Michigan, and The University of California.
  • Month of Publication and Pricing data from The British Catalogue of Books 1837-1849 Page 211.
• External IDs:
  • OCLC/WorldCat: 977543891

Contents (view Concise Listing)

• v • Preface by the Editor of the Present Edition • essay by J. C.
• vii • The Author's Dedication to the Right Honourable Elizabeth Countess of Northumberland • essay by Robert Paltock (variant of To the Right Honourable Elizabeth, Countess of Northumberland 1751) [as by R. P.]
• 17 • The Introduction (The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man) • (1784) • essay by Robert Paltock [as by R. S.]
• 22 • Explanation of Names and Things Mentioned in the Work • essay by uncredited (variant of A Table of the Names of Persons and Things Mentioned in the Two Volumes 1751)
• 23 • The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man • (1751) • novel by Robert Paltock [as by R. S.]