Author: [Maritime Literature] Title: A NARRATIVE Of The DREADFUL SHIPWRECK Of The VRYHEID (Late the Melville-Castle) Capt. Scherman, a Dutch Indiaman Bound to the Cape of Good- Hope, Which was Wrecked off Dymchurch Wall, near Dover, Nov. 23, 1802, by Which Catastrophe 454 Persons Perished! Written by One of the Survivors
Description: London: Printed for Tegg & Castleman, at the Eccentric Book Warehouse, 122, St. John-Street, Smithfield.. Hartnell, Printer, 3, New-Street, Borough, 1803. 1st Edition. Period full brown tree calf binding with later respining to style. Later eps. iv, 28 pp. Folding copperplate frontispiece. Tailpiece. 12mo. 6-7/8" x 4-1/8". Binding - modest wear, VG+. Text-block - age-toning, the occasional smudge, old paper repair to frontis. Overall, Very Good. Scarce publication, OCLC records only 5 holding institutions world-wide, with just 2 of those in the U.S. This title is one of 3 titles bound together into one volume: volume also includes Tavistocks Books inventory IDs 49598 & 49600. The price is for the one volume containing the 3 titles.
Keywords: Potpourri Potpourri
Price: US$ 1375.00 Seller: Tavistock Books, ABAA
- Book number: 49599
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