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REMARKABLE VOYAGES & SHIPWRECKS

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Book Description

The third edition (undated) but circa 1910 (originally published in 1880) . Publishers burgundy cloth boards with gilt spine titles with anchor, flags and ship designs. Small area of lighter spotting to top of upper board. First prelim page and last blank page a little age-toned. Gift inscription dated 1929 on verso of frontis. Small circular W.H.Smith & Co impressed stamp to last (blank) page top corner...The original sellers perhaps? Otherwise clean & complete. 0 Endpapers professionally renewed. A nice bright copy. Pages clean and unmarked.
Dealer Notes
Very interesting accounts of Shipwrecks, Pirates, and the sufferings of Seamen. includes H.M.S. Alceste in the Chinese Seas; H.M.S. Centaur in the West Indies; The Meduse, lost off the West Coast of Africa (the dreadful sufferings of the survivors became the subject of Gericault's Masterpiece) ; The Mutiny of the Bounty and the Wreck of the Pandora; and the Original "Robinson Crusoe", Alexander Selkirk. 8" Tall. Size: 8vo
Author George Winslow Barrington
Date Circa 1910?
Binding Hardback
Publisher Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton , Kent & Co
Illustrator Not credited
Condition VERY GOOD.
Pages 432

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