Complete in two volumes. xxxviii, 259; vii, 227 printed pages. Half-titles. Frontispiece, 3 folding maps, 4 drawings; 5 folding maps, 7 black and white plates. Preface by N.M. Penzer. Edited and with notes by Sir William Foster. Partially unopened. Lower and leading edges untrimmed. Original silk place-markers. Limited and numbered edition, 441/975, on japon vellum. 265 x 200 mm. Publisher's vellum backed green buckram; embossed gilt floral ornament on front covers, 'tibi soli' -'for you alone'; gilt titling and double horizontal gilt rules on spines. Both spines very slightly darkened.
Hamilton's valuable account was originally published in 1727 - thirty-five years as captain of a ship and visitor of most important harbours and ports from China to the Red Sea.