Lot 445
[SHIPWRECKS - BRITISH]. A group of 19th-century works about British shipwrecks, comprising:
Sale 1277 - Beyond a Cincinnati Legacy: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Fleischmann III, Part II
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[SHIPWRECKS - BRITISH]. A group of 19th-century works about British shipwrecks, comprising:
1.
Narrative of the Loss of the Winterton East Indiaman. Edinburgh: for Waugh and Innes, 1820. Octavo. Engraved folding map. Modern half cloth.
2.
FALCONER, William. The Shipwreck. London: for John Sharpe, 1826. Engraved title. 12mo. Modern cloth.
3.
Narrative of the Loss of the Hon. East India Company's Ship Duke of York, in the Bay of Bengal. Edinburgh: Waugh and Innes, 1834. 12mo. Later leather spine and corners over original cloth.
4.
ADSHEAD, Joseph. A Circumstantial Narrative of the Wreck of the Rothsay Castel Steam Packet. London: Hamilton, Adams, and Co., 1834. Octavo. Original cloth (upper cover detached). Second edition.
5.
A Diary of the Wreck of His Majesty's Ship Challenger, on the Western Coast of South America. London: for Longman et al, 1836. 8vo. Lithographed plates. Contemporary boards uncut with modern cloth rebacking.
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Loss of the "Alma." London: R. Clay, 1857. Octavo. Modern half leather.
7.
Six Days on the Mast. A Narrative of the Loss of the "Excelsior." Hull and London: Goddard and Son et al, 1866. Octavo. Frontispiece. Modern cloth; original wrappers bound in.
8.
SHILLINGLAW, John J. Castaway on the Auckland Isles.London: Lockwood and Co., 1866. 8vo. Illustrated. Original cloth (rebacked).
9.
The Life, Voyages, and Sea Battles, of that Celebrated Seaman, Commodore Paul JOnes. Derby: Thomas Richardson, n.d. Lithographed folding frontispiece with hand-coloring. Contemporary calf (upper cover detached).
10.
HANNAH, John. The Story of the Wreck of the 'Maria' Mail Boat. London: Charles H. Kelly, n.d. 12mo. Original decorated cloth.
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