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London, Edinburgh & New York: T. Nelson and Sons, 1895. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. VG-NF ---- TP 1895, followed by biographical preface , contents. 387 pg. Blue cloth covered boards w/ gold embossed title/decoration. Spine darkened. Bottom edges scuffed w/ wear-through on corner. pencil price on pastedown. erasure scuff at top of ffep. Front hinge lightly cracked. Contents yellowing. Very Clean and Tight.
FRAGMENTS OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, Including ANECDOTES OF NAVAL LIFE: Chiefly for the Use of Young Persons. ( Complete Set in 9 Volumes: 1st 2nd & 3rd Series ) by Hall, Captain Basil - 1831
by Hall, Captain Basil
FRAGMENTS OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS, Including ANECDOTES OF NAVAL LIFE: Chiefly for the Use of Young Persons. ( Complete Set in 9 Volumes: 1st 2nd & 3rd Series )
by Hall, Captain Basil
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Edinburgh: Robert Caddel, 1831. Cloth. Good. Complete Set. First Series, 3 Volumes, Dated 1831: Second Series, 3 Volumes, Dated 1832; Third Series, 3 Volumes, Dated 1833. Each Volume has an Illustrated Title Page, followed by a Printed Title Page. Vivid and fascinating account of Captain Hall's Voyages, from his first days as a young Seaman. Includes Bermuda, the Peninsular War with Sir John Moore & the Battle of Corunna, Madeira, Tropical Regions, Doubling the Cape, India, Sir Samuel Hood and the Alligator Hunt, The Marquis of Wellesley - Downfall of Tippoo, Mysore, Ceylon, Madras, Manning the Navy in time of War, Sir Walter Scott's Embarkation.and much more. Green cloth covers on First and Secons Series, Third Series have Green cloth Spines and Plain Boards. Each Volume has its original paper Label Pasted on spine. Some Browning to Illustrated Title Pages. Text pages in very good, clean condition. One rear board loose and reattached with hing tape. Some closed tears to cloth down spine side of some vols. Fore and bottom page edges untrimmed. 6 1/4" Tall. Set weighs 2.5 Kilos so Shipping outside UK will be extra. Please ask if you would like any more pictures, information or a Shipping Quote. Size: 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (GB)
- Format/Binding Cloth
- Book Condition Used - Good
- Quantity Available 1
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher Robert Caddel
- Place of Publication Edinburgh
- Date Published 1831
- Keywords ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS/TRAVEL/EXPLORATION & DISCOVERY/MARITIME HISTORY/HISTORY/MARITIME