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The Folio Society, 2003. Hardcover. Good. 2003. Third Printing. 254 pages. No dust jacket, Folio edition with slipcase. Illustrated paper covered boards with blue cloth spine. Gilt lettering. Contains black and white and colour illustrations. Slipcase. Clean pages and illustrations with light tanning and mild foxing throughout. Pen inscription to front pastedown. Pen annotations and marginalia to a few pages. Binding remains firm. Boards have light edgewear with minor corner bumping. Mild crushing to spine, with occasional markings overall. Slipcase has light shelf wear with minor markings to panels.
Memoirs Of A Seafaring Life, an accounto of a great variety of such incidents as the author met with the sea service and a descriptive account of the discipline, allowance & customs of his Majesty's navy, the East India Company & other merchant's service, to which is added a short plain introduction to astronomy & geography, with a brief description of several countries in Europe, Asia, Africa & America and tables of latitude & longitude etc etc & an explanation of nautical terms. by Spavens, William (N A M Rodger ed & intro)
by Spavens, William (N A M Rodger ed & intro)
Memoirs Of A Seafaring Life, an accounto of a great variety of such incidents as the author met with the sea service and a descriptive account of the discipline, allowance & customs of his Majesty's navy, the East India Company & other merchant's service, to which is added a short plain introduction to astronomy & geography, with a brief description of several countries in Europe, Asia, Africa & America and tables of latitude & longitude etc etc & an explanation of nautical terms.
by Spavens, William (N A M Rodger ed & intro)
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- Hardcover
The Folio Society, London 2000 (first published in 1796). 24.0 x 16.0cms, 254pp, b/w & colour illusts, very good+ hardback with decorated boards & decorated slipcase
- Bookseller Independent bookstores (AU)
- Book Condition Used
- Binding Hardcover
- Publisher The Folio Society, London 2000 (first published in 1796)
- Keywords navy sailors