Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island; with an Appendix, containing Charts and Various Hydrographical and Scientific Notices.
by Hall, Basil
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- first
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1818., 1818. And A Vocablulary of the Loo-Choo Language. First printing. 4to. Frontispiece hand-colored aquatint. Half-title, xv, [1], 222, cxxx, [72] pp. Loo-Choo Language. Illustrated with 9 aquatint plates (8 hand-colored, including frontis), 5 maps (2 folding), 1 other uncolored plate. Full calf binding with marbled endpapers. The spinal calf is very worn and darkened, wear at the extremities, contents tight with scattered foxing; dust soil title page. Bookplate of John Sober front pastedown. Very good.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good.
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- Thomas Dorn ABAA (US)
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- Title
- Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island; with an Appendix, containing Charts and Various Hydrographical and Scientific Notices.
- Author
- Hall, Basil
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: John Murray, 1818.
- Date Published
- 1818
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
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About Thomas Dorn ABAA
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