Interesting and Authentic Narratives of the Most Remarkable Shipwrecks, Fires, Famines, Calamities, Providential Deliverances, and Lamentable Disasters on the Seas, in Most Parts of the World
Hartford, CT: Silas Andrus & Son, 1848. Hardcover. Scarce.This later edition recounts the sad events surrounding 43 shipwrecks and other disasters at sea, with numerous illustrations throughout. Bound in green cloth with gilt tilting and decoration to spine. Binding is soiled, bumped, and frayed and front hinge is weak. Some browning and spotting to pages, and pencil signatures and markings to endpapers. Rear free endpaper is missing the top third of the leaf. Some gutters exposed where book was opened flat. Good condition. Small octavo. 360 pages including one page index. MARITIME/072021. Good +. More