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Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste, to China, Corea, and the Island of Lewchew, with an Account of Her Shipwreck
by M'Leod, John, M. D
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near fine
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1820. Hardcover. Near fine. The third edition. 8vo. (6),339,(1)pp. Engraved frontispiece of Sir Murray Maxwell, the captain of the Alceste. Illustrated with six handcolored full page plates. Folding engraved map of the Eastern and Yellow Seas is present. Nicely bound to style in half brown morocco, the spine in six compartments with raised bands, tooled in blind, and with a red morocco lettering label, gilt.
The map has had a short repair to a closed separation at one of the folds else is near fine. There is occasionally very light foxing and fingering else this is a near fine copy in a fine binding.
The author was the ship's surgeon. The plates include as subjects a Lewchew (Loochoo) Chief, and a Corean (Korean) chief, Fort Maxwell, a Temple Garden at Lewchow and Islanders from Sir James Hall's Group.
Von Wenckstern, Japanese Bibliography, 473.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thorn Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21501
- Title
- Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste, to China, Corea, and the Island of Lewchew, with an Account of Her Shipwreck
- Author
- M'Leod, John, M. D
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1820
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
Terms of Sale
Thorn Books
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Thorn Books
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Tucson, Arizona
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- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- Fine Binding
- An elaborate and decorative binding, example including a leather-bound book with gilt edges, raised blind stamps, raised ribs,...
- Fine
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