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The Tregurtha Log Relating the Adventurous Life of Capt. Edward Primrose Tregurtha
by Sprod, Dan (editor)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Good Condition/Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0908528035
- ISBN 13
- 9780908528035
- Seller
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About This Item
Hobart, Tasmania : Blubber Head Press, 1980. Limited Edition . Hardcover (Embossed Cloth). Good Condition/Fair. Larger than A4 in height but slightly narrower. Signed by the editor. Binding is tight, cover and spine fully intact Text body is clean and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting Front endpapers faintly foxed and title page has some foxing Edges all neat and clean Boards have bery slight edge wear on bottom of boards This edition is limited to 600 copies, numbered and signed. This is Copy No: 31
Relating the adventurous life of Cornishman Captain Edward Primrose Tregurtha, beginning with Royal Navy service in the Napoleonic Wars at the age of nine. This was followed by ten years on East Indiamen and country ships on the China run and in the East, South Seas whaling as captain of the Caroline out of Hobart Town in the 1830s, and employment as inter-colonial trader and shipmaster based at George Town and Launceston, Van Diemen's Land.
Some B & W and colour illustrations and maps on inside cover and endpapers
Relating the adventurous life of Cornishman Captain Edward Primrose Tregurtha, beginning with Royal Navy service in the Napoleonic Wars at the age of nine. This was followed by ten years on East Indiamen and country ships on the China run and in the East, South Seas whaling as captain of the Caroline out of Hobart Town in the 1830s, and employment as inter-colonial trader and shipmaster based at George Town and Launceston, Van Diemen's Land.
Some B & W and colour illustrations and maps on inside cover and endpapers
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- Bookseller
- Spencer and Murphy Booksellers
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 54678
- Title
- The Tregurtha Log Relating the Adventurous Life of Capt. Edward Primrose Tregurtha
- Author
- Sprod, Dan (editor)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Embossed Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0908528035
- ISBN 13
- 9780908528035
- Publisher
- Blubber Head Press
- Place of Publication
- Hobart, Tasmania
- Date Published
- 1980
- Pages
- 165
- Keywords
- Sailing Ships Tregurtha, sailing ships, whaling, Australian colonies
- X weight
- 900.000 kg
- Size
- Larger than A4 in height but slightly narrower
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