Author: Arthur O. Cooke
Title: Perils of the Sea
Description: London, Humphrey Milford: Oxford University Press, c1900. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce illustrated collection of stories from life at sea, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, three colour plates, and thirty black-and-white images. Collated complete. A collection of dramatic and terrifying stories of life at sea, from the loss of the Eurydice, and the H.M.S. Victoria, to the loss of the Titanic. With chapters on missing ships and wrecks which cost no lives. Written by Arthur Owens Cooke, a British author and maritime historian. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear only. Original unclipped dust wrapper is sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Minor sunning to the spine with the odd small mark to the panels. Light loss to the panel edges with a 1" closed tear to the front panel. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Good.
Keywords: Perils Sea Cooke Sea Not Stated
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Title: Perils of the Sea
Description: London, Humphrey Milford: Oxford University Press, c1900. First edition. Cloth. A smart first edition of this very scarce illustrated collection of stories from life at sea, with the original unclipped dust wrapper. First edition. Very scarce work. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, three colour plates, and thirty black-and-white images. Collated complete. A collection of dramatic and terrifying stories of life at sea, from the loss of the Eurydice, and the H.M.S. Victoria, to the loss of the Titanic. With chapters on missing ships and wrecks which cost no lives. Written by Arthur Owens Cooke, a British author and maritime historian. In the original full cloth binding. Externally, very smart with minor wear only. Original unclipped dust wrapper is sound with light wear and chipping to the extremities. Minor sunning to the spine with the odd small mark to the panels. Light loss to the panel edges with a 1" closed tear to the front panel. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot. Minor age toning to the endpapers. Near Fine . Ill.: Not Stated. Near Fine/Good.
Keywords: Perils Sea Cooke Sea Not Stated
Price: GBP 90.00 = appr. US$ 128.52 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 935T33
- Book number: 935T33
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