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Lot 441

[SHIPWRECKS -- BRITISH]. A group of 3 works about British shipwrecks, comprising:
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[SHIPWRECKS -- BRITISH]. A group of 3 works about British shipwrecks, comprising:

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MERITON, Henry and John ROGERS. A Circumstantial Narrative of the Loss of the Halsewell (East-Indiaman.) Capt. Richard PIerce, Which was unfortunately wrecked at Seacombe in the Isle of Purbeck, on the Coast of Dorseeshire. London: William Lane, 1786. Octavo. Contemporary marbled boards; cloth folding case. Seventh edition of this popular narrative, published in the same year as the first edition. 

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BYRON, John. The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron...containing an Account of the Great Distress Suffered by HImself and HIs Companions on the coasts of Patagonia. London: for S. Baker and G. Leich, 1768. 12mo. Engraved frontispiece. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards (rebacked preserving original spine, some light wear). 

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M'LEOD, John. Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste, Along the Coast of Corea, to the Island of Lewchew; with an Account of her Subsequent Shipwreck. London: John Murray, 1818. 8vo. Frontispiece, engraved plates with hand-coloring. Later half calf. Second edition.

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