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New England Blockaded in 1814; The Journal of Henry Edward Napier Lieutenant in H.M.S. Nymphe
by Whitehill, Walter Muir (Editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Orig. blue cloth spine and light gray boards front cover lettered in red with backstrip in gilt. Fine in darker blue fine slipca
- Seller
-
ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
Salem: Peabody Museum, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. blue cloth spine and light gray boards front cover lettered in red with backstrip in gilt. Fine in darker blue fine slipcase with spine paper label. 88 pages. 26 x 18 cm. Limited edition, copy 23 of 60 on Laverstoke rag paper. Folding map. Laid-in four page publisher publication notice and four page advert of the Peabody Museum of available publications. Bright and fresh copy, almost as new. A tale of British naval blockade during the War of 1812 by one in a line of noted Napier naval and military officers who served Great Britain. Notes in the Massachusetts newspaper testify to the "very polite treatment received from Captain Epworth and his officers by prisoners on board the Nymphe." Bookplate.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23897
- Title
- New England Blockaded in 1814; The Journal of Henry Edward Napier Lieutenant in H.M.S. Nymphe
- Author
- Whitehill, Walter Muir (Editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. blue cloth spine and light gray boards front cover lettered in red with backstrip in gilt. Fine in darker blue fine slipca
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Peabody Museum
- Place of Publication
- Salem
- Date Published
- 1939
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Naval History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Military History; New England; Maritime;
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All books returnable 10 days of invoice date with prior notification
About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
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ardsley, New York
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