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The Mariner's Library or Voyager's Companion. Containing Narratives of the Most Popular Voyages.
1832TB25348Boston: Lilly Wait Colman and Holden 1833 c. 1832. First Edition. Fine as this copy was recently rebound in black cloth covered boards with gilt text stamping on the spine with new end sheets a resewn binding rounded and backed. The text block is in very good condition and is now tight and the pages are generally clean and free of any heavy tanning or foxing. A small octavo measuring 7 1/2" by 4 1/2" with faint dampness stains running from pages 173 to 240. The full title reads; "The Mariner's Library or Voyager's Companion. Containing Narratives of the Most Popular Voyages from the time of Columbus to the present day; with accounts of remarkable shipwrecks naval adventures the whale-fishery &c: The whole interspersed with Numerous Sketches of Nautical Life". 492 pages of text. Illustrated with a frontispiece engraving of the Constitution and seventeen other engravings throughout the text. Sabin 44591 but refers to 1834 publication by C. Gaylord of Boston. Lilly, Wait, Colman and Holden hardcover books
Town's End Books · États-Unis65,00 $US≈ 55,00 €
