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The shipwreck
by FALCONER, William
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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About This Item
1785 The Shipwreck William Falconer ART Scottish Ships Nautical Poem Navigation
"With living colours give my verse to glow:
The sad memorial of a tale of woe!"
– William Falconer, The Shipwreck
William Falconer was an 18th-century Scottish poet whose poetry focused on marine life and life at sea. His most important work, 'The Shipwreck', was written in 1762 and gained him instant and immense success. The story follows the adventure on an English ship headed home, but was wrecked in Greece. Falconer created this work as an autobiographical account of him being on the ship, and his adventures along with the two other survivors.
This 1785 features impressive, folding maps and engravings – highly desirable and valuable!
Item number: #16290
Price: $599
FALCONER, William
The shipwreck
London : Printed for T. Cadell, 1785.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o [4], 147, [1]
o 2 fold-out plates
· Provenance: Handwritten / Bookplate
o Handwritten – R. Danson
o Bookplate - Mr. G. W. Woodley Mason
o Handwritten – F. S. Hadey, 1829
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~8.5in X 5.5in (21.5cm x 14cm)
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- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16290
- Title
- The shipwreck
- Author
- FALCONER, William
- Format/Binding
- Leather; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- for T. Cadell
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1785
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1785 The Shipwreck William Falconer ART Scottish Ships Nautical Poem Navigation rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
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