Lot 442
[SHIPWRECKS - BRITISH]. A group of eight 18th- and 19th-century works about British shipwrecks, comprising:
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[SHIPWRECKS - BRITISH]. A group of eight 18th- and 19th-century works about British shipwrecks, comprising:
1.
[FALCONER]. The Voyages, Dangerous Adventures, and Imminent Escapes, of Capt. Richard Falconer. London: for G. Keith, 1764. Octavo. Engraved frontispiece. Contemporary sheep (rebacked). Fifth edition.
2.
[INGLEFIELD]. Captain Inglefield's Narrative, Concerning the Loss of His Majesty's Ship the Centaur. London for J. Murray and A. Donaldson, 1783. Octavo. Modern leather.
3.
WRIGHT, John. A Narrative of the Loss of His Majesty's Ship the Proserpine. London: J. Bateson for J. Hatchard, 1799. Octavo. Modern half leather.
4.
FELLOWES, William Dorset. A Narrative of the Loss of His Majesty's Packet The Lady Hobart. London: for John Stockdale, 1803. Octavo. Later half leather. Provenance: Philip Gosse (bookplate). Fourth edition.
5.
DeMAY, R. Narrative of the Sufferings and Adventures of Henderick Portenger. London: Sir Richard Phillips, 1819. Octavo. Modern cloth-backed boards.
6.
The Life Boat; or, the Stranded Ships on the Bar of Memel. Dublin: Christopher Bentham, 1823. Octavo. Illustrated device on title-page. Modern leather.
7.
[MACGREGOR, Duncan]. A Narrative of the Loss of the Kent East Indiaman by Fire in the Bay of Biscay. Edinburgh: Waugh & Innes, 1828. Octavo. Later cloth. Provenance: E. W. Cobb (binding).
8.
Accurate Account of the Loss of His Majesty's Ship Litchfield, Captain Barton...and the Barbarity of the MOors to them. London: for Thomas Tegg, n.d. Octavo. Frontispiece. Later leather-backed boards.
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