Title: The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man
Title Record # 1901913
Author:
R. S.
Date: 1751-00-00
Variant Title of: The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man
(by
Robert Paltock)
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Type: NOVEL
Language: English
Note: - Originally published in two volumes, and often reprinted similarly in two volumes. However no single volume portion (excepting the Gutenberg first half) has been published singly.
- Some data from Bleiler's "Science-Fiction: The Early Years", other data as sourced below.
- The full text and images of the first edition Volume 1 and Volume 2 are available at Google Books sourced from The University of Michigan.
- The full text and images of the first edition Volume 1 and Volume 2 are available at The HathiTrust Digital Library sourced from The University of Michigan.
- There is some historical confusion as to the earliest publication date. The first edition volumes themselves appear to clearly state 1751 (MDCCLI), however it appears in a December Catalog from 1750. Possibly this was an early instance of items released early, or perhaps only evidence that it was advertised prior to the printed date of publication. Some historical discussion of this confusion can be seen on page 421 of the 1878 publication 'Bibliotheca Cornubiensis: P-Z'. In that same commentary there is discussion of evidence which suggests that the Anonymous authorship by "R. S." was a publication error, instead it may have been intended to be printed as by "R. P." based on manuscripts and contracts discovered in the mid 1800's. As additional supporting evidence, the Dedication is clearly signed as by "R. P.". Pages 421 and 422 at that link have an extensive bibliography of later printings, that may not all be recorded in the ISFDB.
- Only volume one of the Reeves and Turner edition is on available at Project Gutenberg but it is from an unexpurgated edition.
- Complete title is The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins; A Cornish Man however over the centuries the Canonical Title has been shortened, dropping "A Cornish Man".
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| The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, A Cornish Man: Relating Particularly, His Shipwreck Near the South Pole; His Wonderful Passage Thro' a Subterraneous Cavern Into a Kind of New World; His There Meeting with a Gawry or Flying Woman, Whose Life He Preserv'd, and Afterwards Married Her; His Extraordinary Conveyance to the Country of Glums and Gawrys, or Men and Women That Fly. Likewise a Description of This Strange Country, with the Laws, Customs, and Manners of Its Inhabitants, and the Author's Remarkable Transactions Among Them. Taken from His Own Mouth, in His Passage to England, from Off Cape Horn in America, in the Ship Hector. With an Introduction, Giving an Account of the Surprizing Manner of His Coming on Board That Vessel, and his Death on His Landing at Plymouth in the Year 1739 |
1751-00-00 |
R. S. |
J. Robinson and R. Dodsley |
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6/-?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). |
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| The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, a Cornish Man: Relating Particularly, His Shipwreck Near the South Pole; His Wonderful Passage Thro' a Subterraneous Cavern Into a Kind of New World; His There Meeting with a Gawry or Flying Woman, Whose Life He Preserv'd, and Afterwards Married Her; His Extraordinary Conveyance to the Country of Glums and Gawrys, or Men and Women That Fly. Likewise a Description of This Strange Country, with the Laws, Customs, and Manners of Its Inhabitants, and the Author's Remarkable Transactions Among Them. Taken from His Own Mouth, in His Passage to England, from Off Cape Horn in America, in the Ship Hector. With an Introduction, Giving an Account of the Surprizing Manner of His Coming on Board That Vessel, and his Death on His Landing at Plymouth in the Year 1739 |
1751-00-00 |
R. S. |
George Faulkner |
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| The Life and Adventures of Peter Wilkins, A Cornish Man: Relating Particularly, His Shipwreck Near the South Pole; His Wonderful Passage Thro' a Subterraneous Cavern Into a Kind of New World; His There Meeting with a Gawry or Flying Woman, Whose Life He Preserv'd, and Afterwards Married Her; His Extraordinary Conveyance to the Country of Glums and Gawrys, or Men and Women That Fly. Likewise a Description of This Strange Country, with the Laws, Customs, and Manners of Its Inhabitants, and the Author's Remarkable Transactions Among Them. Taken from His Own Mouth, in His Passage to England, from Off Cape Horn in America, in the Ship Hector. With an Introduction, Giving an Account of the Surprizing Manner of His Coming on Board That Vessel, and his Death on His Landing at Plymouth in the Year 1739 |
1784-00-00 |
R. S. |
Berwick |
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240
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| Popular Romances: Consisting of Imaginary Voyages and Travels |
1812-00-00 |
Henry Weber, Esq. |
John Ballantyne and Co. |
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638
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| 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 Hector |
1844-04-00 |
R. S. |
John W. Parker |
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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). |
263
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hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size. |
novel |
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