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JEWELL, J. GREY Among Our Sailors. With an Appendix Containing Extracts from the Laws
Jewell, J. Grey. Among Our Sailors. With an Appendix Containing Extracts from the Laws and Consular Regulations Governing the United States Merchant Service. New York: Harper & Brothers, Publishers, 1874. xii, [13]-311 pp. Octavo (7-1/2" x 5"). Original cloth, gilt-stamped title vignette to front board, gilt title to spine. Moderate rubbing with some wear to spine ends and corners, faint paint spatters, hinges cracked but secure, detached gathering near center of text block, light toning. Later bookplate (of Liston Kinloch Kirkwood) to front pastedown, small bookseller ticket to front free endpaper, internally clean. A solid copy. $65. * Only edition. Written the U.S. Consul in Singapore, this book exposes the brutal conditions faced by American sailors.
Offered for US$ 65.00 by: Lawbook Exchange - Book number: 53004