Lot 440
[SHIPWRECKS.] Perils of the Ocean, or Disasters of the Seas. New York: Murphy, n.d.
Sale 1277 - Beyond a Cincinnati Legacy: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fleischmann III, Part II
Nov 17, 2023
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Online / Cincinnati
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[SHIPWRECKS.] Perils of the Ocean, or Disasters of the Seas. New York: Murphy, n.d.
12mo. Engraved plates and illustrations. (Overall browning, a few short tears.) Publisher's pictorial boards; modern cloth dust wrapper. Provenance: Charles (gift inscription 1913); Lauriat Jr. (morocco booklabel on dustwrapper).
FIRST EDITION, including narratives of the losses of the ships Medusa, the Proserpine, the Mexico, the Betsey and the Prince. Huntress dates the pamphlet to the 1840s, but it was likely printed closer to 1860. Huntress 309c.
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