An Officer: AN AUTHENTIC AND INTERESTING NARRATIVE OF THE LATE EXPEDITION TO BOTANY BAY, as performed by Commodore Phillips, and The Fleet of the Seven Transport Ships under his Command: containing a circumstantial Account of their perilous Voyage, Dissentions on Board and safe Arrival on the Coast of New Holland. With particular descriptions of Jackson's Bay & Lord Howe's Island, The Reception they met with from the Natives, their Customs and Manners; Progress of the Settlement, and Laws and Government established for their further Improvement. Written by an officer just returned in the Prince of Wales Transport, who visited that Spot with Captain Cook, and Dr. Solander, in their celebrated Voyages round the world. Aberdeen Printed for Alexander Keith, 1789. Cr. 8vo, Facsimile Edition; pp. [x], vi, 7-43+3(modern notes & index, last blank); 2 illustrations (reproductions of original frontispieces to Bailey's London edition and the Aberdeen edition), index; original cloth; a fine copy. (North Sydney; Library of Australian History; 1978). ***Edition limited to 800 copies only. There were three editions in 1789, two at London - by Bailey with 44 pages & frontis. and by W. Clements & J. Sadler - 32 pages without frontis.; a Scottish edition was produced at Aberdeen by Alexander Keith - 44 pages & frontis. In this edition the title-pages & frontispieces to the Bailey and Aberdeen editions have been reproduced together with the preface to the Bailey edition. The remainder of the text, taken from Bailey's edition has been reset as the original type was too poor to reproduce in facsimile. See Ferguson 42, 43, 44 for the original editions. Another work with a generally similar title was issued, also in 1789, by C. Forster - see Ferguson 45. All these works are extremely rare in the original editions. #12315 Click HERE to order A$135.00