A Narrative of the Loss of the H.M. S. Royal George, of 108 Guns, Sunk at Spithead, August 29th, 1782; with a Concise Account of the Colonel Pasley&Apos;S Operations on the Wreck in 1839 & 1840

Portsmouth, John Miller, 1840. Leather. A very scarce copy of this interesting and concise history of the H.M.S. Royal George, bound with wood from the ship to the boards. A very scarce work. Bound with wooden boards, the wood taken from the H.M.S Royal George. A work accounting the life of the H.M.S. Royal George, a first rate gun ship in the Royal Navy. The ship sunk in 1782, when it was anchored at Spithead to take supplies to go and relive Gibraltar. The ship sunk and lost more than eight-hundred lives. In this work, the anonymous authors recounts the sinking of this ship. The author also talks about Major-General Charles Paisley's 1839 attempted to clear the wreckage of the ships. His operation included breaking up the wreck using barrels of gunpowder. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and three plates. Collated from Copac from a copy held at the British Library, complete. In the original publisher's quarter calf with wooden boards. Externally, the front board is detached. Cracks to each board, repaired by a prior owner with tape. A couple of marks to the front board, and a small rectangle of wood removed. Pages from front endpaper to frontispiece are detached from the textblock, and have been taped to the fore edge of the front board by a prior owner. Textblock from pages 65-80, publisher's adverts, rear free endpaper, and rear endpaper are detached but present. Prior owner's pencil inscription to the recto to the front free endpaper, with tape to the front free endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean, with only a few marks to the first few pages. Title page is detached but present. Fair . Ill.: Not Stated. Fair .

Rooke BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 657P1

Catalogue: Naval & Military History

Keywords: royal george h.m.s. royal george spithead colonel pasley h.m.s. royal george royal navy seven years' war Not Stated

Saved From the Wreck. With Illustrations by Zwecker.

London: Religious Tract Society 1895. . 127p + 15p publisher's adverts, blue cloth with gilt title and black floral design, b/w frontispiece, VG, fresh tight clean copy.

Plurabelle Books Ltd.Professional seller

Book number: PAQ65386

Catalogue: Children

Scarborough - 3 Sepia Photos from Above the Spa Buiding - One with a Fanciful Interpretation of the Wreck at the Spa

, 0. . 3 sepia photos - each 8 1/2 x 5 depicting the Bay at Scarborough from above the Spa. One has the bay - calm and quiet; the second much busier with crowds gathered, bathing huts and the third has been fancifully altered to show a foundering ship, lifeboat and crowds watching atop a tower. Undated - but this may portray the Geat Storm of October 1880 - when 11 ships foundered in the South Bay. Mounted on card. Some light foxing but largely VG. See scans. . Good

Creaking Shelves BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 008149

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The Ship-Wreck, to which is added the Execution of Wild Robert.

Dublin: Sold by William Watson, Printer to the Cheap Repository for Religious and Moral Tracks, [c. 1800]. 12mo (171 x 100mm), 23, [1]pp., woodcut vignette to each title page, disbound.

Forest BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 40338

Keywords: CHAPBOOK IRELAND IRISH CHILDREN'S BOOKS DUBLIN PRINTING SHIPWRECK LAW CRIME EXECUTION POEMS

Adshead, J.

A circumstantial narrative of the wreck of the Rothsay Castle steam packet (etc.)

Hamilton, Adams & Co. London , 1833.1st edition.Half leather binding.V.g./No Jacket.Owner's inscription on rear of frontispiece.Fold-out plate facing p.187 partly torn along hinge; map and 8 plates present. In English.1.0 kg.

Acanthophyllum BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 40010

Catalogue: Antiquarian

RYDER Alan

The Wreck of Catalonia CIVIL War in the Fifteenth Century

Oxford University Press, 2007. 9780199207367. 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered blue cloth (near Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover). Pp. viii + 286, illus with b&w map (previous owner's neat pencil inscription on front endpaper). .

Rothwell & Dunworth LtdProfessional seller

Book number: 188249

Catalogue: Modern History

ALLSBURG, CHRIS VAN.

The Wreck of the Zephyr.

London, Andersen Press, 1989. Hardcover. Color Illustrations. ISBN/EAN: 0862640636. Conditie: Very good.

De Boekuil bvbaPrivate seller

Book number: 3404

VAN ALLSBURG, CHRIS

The Wreck of the Zephyr

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1983-03-23. Hardcover. First edition first printing oblong format hardcover in price intact jacket which shows a hint of shelf wear. Oversized. Please email for photos.. Collectible: Like New .

Griffin BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 94387

Vintage Cuban postcard artist

Early 20th Century Postcards of the Wreck and Raising of the Maine in Cuba and of Cuban Soldiers

Cuba: 1908-1910. 3 picture postcards. .

Wittenborn Art BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 51-3392

Catalogue: Ephemera

Atkins, Stuart

Heine and the Wreck of the Amphitrite

Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Library Bulletin, 1960. Reprinted for private circulation from the Harvard Library Bulletin, Vol. XIV, No. 3, Autumn 1960, pp. 395-399. Very good in stapled wraps, inscribed by author. .

Wittenborn Art BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 15-1804

Catalogue: Books

BALLARD Robert D.

The Discovery of the Bismarck. With Rick Archbold. Introduction by Ludovic Kennedy. Illustrations of the Bismarck Wreck by Ken Marschall. Technical and historical Consultation by William Garzke and Robert Doulin. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER

Hodder & Stoughton,, [1990]. 4to., First Edition, with very numerous colour and monochrome plates throughout, and pictorial endpapers; cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.

Island BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 7965

Catalogue: Naval0

Keywords: naval, ww2, german navy, kriegsmarine, battleships, bismarck, salvage, robert d. ballard, naval, wwii, discovery, bismarck

BALLARD, Robert D.

The lost wreck of the Isis

Sevenoaks, Hodder & Stoughton, 1990. Used - Very Good. VG hardback in laminated boards in VG dustjacket 1st ed.. Prize bookplatep. Dust jacket unfolds to become a full-colour wall-poster. Photo:. ISBN: 0340531789

Cotswold Internet BooksProfessional seller

Book number: BOOKS048390I

BALLARD, R.D. and R. ARCHBOLD,

The Lost Wreck of the Isis. (Archeological and historical consultant A.M. McCann).

Hodder&Stoughton/Madison Press, Toronto, 1990. 64p. ills. Bound wrps. From beneath the sea an ancient Roman ship return to life.

Scrinium Classical AntiquityProfessional seller

Book number: 12113

Keywords: 9780340531785

Ballard, Robert D. & Rick Archbold

The Lost Wreck of the Isis

Gebonden, hardcover, inclusief stofomslag; 1990; Mississauga : Random House/Madison Press Book; 63pp.; Conditie: Goed; Original pictorial boards in matching dust jacket, decorated endpapers, numerous (full page) colour and b/w illustrations (including photographs), 4to.; Engels; ISBN10: 0394221680, ISBN13: 9780394221687

Klondyke BVProfessional seller

Book number: 366199-KH14

Catalogue: Vervoer/Scheepvaart

Keywords: Schepen, Scheepvaart

Ballerd, Robert D

The Lost Wreck Of Isis

Hodder & Stoughton - Madison Press, 1990, 1st edition. Illustrated laminated boards, dj, F/F. 64pp, illustrated in colour throughout, a nice near fine copy, corners a little bumped. Hardback with dustjacket. ISBN: 0340531789
¶ Childrens account of the discovery of the Isis, a Roman ship discovered by the team that found the Titanic.

Eastleach BooksProfessional seller

Book number: 16391

Keywords: ISBN 0340531789, history, archaeology, maritime, ships 0340531789