A rare first edition of 'The Mariner's Chronicle' – a collection of sea narratives, shipwreck stories, naval battles, and pirate adventures! Written and collected by an unknown author, this work features accounts of specific ships and their crew lost to sea, explosions of boats in wharfs, and is filled with charming woodcut illustrations!
Item number: #24656
Price: $499
DUNCAN, Archibald
The mariner's chronicle: containing narratives of the most remarkable disasters at sea, such as shipwrecks, storms, fires, and famines: also naval engagements, piratical adventures, incidents of discovery, and other extraordinary and interesting occurrences.
New Haven: Durrie and Peck, 1834. First edition.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o xii, 13-504
o 25 engravings (on 13 leaves)
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~7.75in X 4.75in (19.5cm x 12cm)
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