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1840101592<p>Small juvenile booklet 4" x 3" original printed wrappers with woodcut illustration on top cover woodcut border on wrappers 16 pp. Covers a bit faded and stained a little also a little worn internally a little foxed and soiled but in very good shape for such a fragile item. Although there appear to have been several editions published between 1820 and 1840 of this juvenile work the OCLC seems to find only a few of each one. Written as a poem the story recounts the sinking of a ship and the ill treatment of those on board. Includes three woodcuts in the first couple of pages. OCLC.</p> American Religious Tract Society,
184131606Savannah 1841. Letter. Very good. Letter. Approx. 9.5 " x 8." Folded. Blue paper. One and a half pages of content. Back side of the last page is the post mark and address for "Mr. Wilbur Kelly Agent Providence R. I. <br /> <br /> The Captain of the Schooner Sarah states "from Apalachicola to Providence.having bore a leak was stranded on Great Warsaw Island a few miles to the Southward of this post." The cotton shipment was undamaged and the Captain asks for salvage expenses which have been incurred. The amount of expenses was to be determined by the Captain's agent in Savannah George Schley. George Schley was a public figure in Savannah and brother to the Georgia Governor. unknown
1831AQ14219London: Printed for the Religious Tract Society; and sold.by J. Nisbet 1831. 8pp. Stitched as issued. A trifle dust-soiled overall a fine copy. The Rothsay Castle a paddle steamer originally constructed in 1816 for service on the River Clyde had been transferred to Liverpool soon after to serve as a pleasure cruiser for the North Wales coastline. On August 17 1831 having encountered rough weather on leaving the Mersey Estuary the vessel took on water ran aground and broke-up on the Lavan Sands with the majority of her passengers and crew losing their lives. The pumps aboard were found to be inoperable and the single lifeboat a hole in the bottom and no oars. Only 23 people were rescued. The tragedy led to the building of the lighthouse at Penmon. COPAC records copies at six locations BL Cambridge Glasgow Liverpool Manchester NLW. . First edition. 12mo. Printed for the Religious Tract Society; and sold...by J. Nisbet unknown
1864400Harper's Weekly 1864. Very Good . Antique wood-engraved Civil War print from Harper's Weekly. Splendid drama and courage displayed on this fine example of a fine woodengraving made of a shipwreck in Chicago during the Civil War. Note: we grade conservatively and endeavor to identify any defects that might affect overall quality and price. Harper's Weekly unknown
1853201421<p>London: Charles Knight 1853. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Leather spine & corners over cloth boards all edges marbled marbled endpapers four centerfold color maps “Wreck Chart of the British Isles†for 1852-5 black & white plate and in-text illustrations. The colors in the 1852 Wreck Chart have browned likely due to a lacquer layer reacting to the ink thanks to Phil Bevis of Arundel Books for his insight. Spine rebacked with original spine laid on corners also restored. Pencil volume notations to title pages text appears clean and bright binding is solid.An uncommon maritime journal which includes stories of wrecks & rescues the latest technology for survival such as life jackets improved life boats rope-shooting cannons and “self-laying railway†cars on shore to move equipment or boats and articles of interest to supporters and sailors.Founded in 1824 as the National Institution for the Preservation of Life from Shipwreck it changed its name to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution. It is the United Kingdom’s largest charity for saving lives at sea & shore. The Life-boat has been in print continuously since these first three volumes under slightly varying titles. Today the RNLI estimates that they have saved 140000 lives over the course of the last 200 years.</p> Charles Knight hardcover
1891313258Nantucket Ma 1891. 4pp. on a single folded sheet. 1 vols. Light fold lines small tears along vertical fold line. Very good. 4pp. on a single folded sheet. 1 vols. Snow writes in detail of the sinking of the boat and the subsequent rescue effort. Included is a list of names of those saved and by whom. A charming piece of real-life Nantucket romance. Eberstadt 132:497 unknown
1825AQ31290Edinburgh: Published by Waugh & Innes Edinburgh 1825. 78pp. Uncut in original drab boards printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed and marked. Upper joint split but boards remain firmly attached by the cords. Contemporary ownership inscription to head of FFEP. From the recently dispersed remains of the Stevenson family library with no indication of such. The Kent a British East Indian Company vessel bound for Bengal and China caught fire in the Bay of Biscay on her maiden voyage. On board were 641 passengers and crew including 20 officers and 344 soldiers belonging to the 31st Regiment of Foot 43 women and 66 children 20 private passengers and a crew including officers of 148 men. The quick- thinking of Captain Cook of the passing Cambria saved the lives of 547 souls. . First edition. 12mo. Published by Waugh & Innes, Edinburgh hardcover
18952672Washington DC: April 2 1895. Good. 4pp. on a single folded sheet with two small photographs tipped in. In German. Quarto. Old folds some separation along central horizontal fold small chip to first leaf minor soiling. One photograph chipped. A sad document detailing the plight of a mother and son who perished in the sinking of the German transatlantic ocean liner Elbe on January 30 1895. The document seeks to detail exactly the times of death of the mother and son in order to determine whether the heirs of the mother or son have title to the property belonging to the family. Translated into English a portion of the opening reads: "She left some property here in Germany. If her son survived her if by a minute he inherited that property and it now belongs to his heirs; but if death overtook him before his mother the property never belonged to him or now to his heirs but to other people. The matter is now before the court."<br /> <br /> The Elbe collided with a Scottish ship called the Crathie in the North Sea on January 30 1895 while on the way from Bremen to New York City; the Elbe was a very popular ship amongst immigrants from Central and Eastern Europe looking to make their way to the United States. The two victims detailed in the present document were a German-American immigrant mother and son who had previously settled in Indianapolis and then moved to Washington D.C. Sophie and Eugene Rhodes. At the time of their deaths Eugene was a student at Heidelberg University in Germany. The present document opens with a typed notice from the counsel to the family detailing their presence on the Elbe and asking for details of their deaths. This is followed by photographs of both Sophie and Eugene tipped to the second page then two pages of questions attempting to locate the missing travelers. Brief answers to the questions were supplied in ink by Ernst Linkmeyer assistant engineer on the Elbe and one of only twenty survivors of the wreck. The survivors of the wreck of the Elbe included just four passengers and sixteen crew members who crowded onto the only rescue boat that survived the collision. The death toll of the wreck of the Elbe totaled 334 including Sophie and Eugene Rhodes. April 2 unknown
