A Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Capt. Charles H Barnard in a Voyage Round the World
by Barnard, Charles H
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
Boston : J Lindon , 1829 . First Edition . Good . 8VO . The book covers the years 1812 to 1916, with an account of the seizing of his vessel at the Falkland Islands by an English crew whom he had rescued from the horrors of a shipwreck; and of their abandoning him on an uninhabited Island, where he resided nearly two years. With six copperplate engravings, missing the called-for map. Plates foxed. Rebound by an amateur hand in half-leather. Inappropiate endpapers. Sabin 3445.
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- Bookseller
- Neil Williams, Bookseller (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 33060
- Title
- A Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Capt. Charles H Barnard in a Voyage Round the World
- Author
- Barnard, Charles H
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- J Lindon
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 1829
- Pages
- 266 pp.
- Size
- 8VO
- Keywords
- Americana
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nautical;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Neil Williams, Bookseller
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Victoria, British Columbia
About Neil Williams, Bookseller
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- First Edition
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