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A narrative of the cruise of the yacht Maria among the Feroe Islands in the summer of 1854
by [Davenport, A. H., & E. H. Greig]
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1856. Second edition, large 8vo, pp. [4], 89, [1]; engraved vignette title page, engraved map, 10 tinted lithographed plates, including one folding of whale hunting in Westmannshaven Bay, and a tinted lithograph vignette at the foot of page 84; a very good copy in original blue cloth stamped in gilt on upper cover and spine. See Abbey, Travel, 81 (the only color plate travel book listed for the Faroe Islands).
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- Bookseller
- Rulon-Miller Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 65560
- Title
- A narrative of the cruise of the yacht Maria among the Feroe Islands in the summer of 1854
- Author
- [Davenport, A. H., & E. H. Greig]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1856
- Keywords
- Feroe Islands , Nautical , ,
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- Gilt
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- Plate
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