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Rare first edition of John Mitford's entertaining story of a young midshipman in Lord Nelson's Royal Navy. First edition in book form, originally issued 1819 in eight monthly parts. With twenty hand-colored aquatint engravings by Charles Williams, vii, 224 pages of text and 68 pages of Notes. A cash-in imitation of Alfred Burton's Adventures... with illustrations by Thomas Rowlandson, published in 1818.With lively illustrations of an apprentice midshipman's rambles in the brothels of Portsmouth, fighting the captain in the wardroom, locked in shackles in the gunroom, riding pigs through the market of Gibraltar, stealing planter's wives in the West Indies, humiliated by sailors when crossing the equator, and finally discharged at Greenwich Hospital. John Mitford (1782-1831), joined the navy as midshipman on HMS Victory. He served on ships in battles in the Napoleonic Wars in Europe, Egypt and the West Indies. He was discharged from the navy as an insane alcoholic in 1814, and thereafter made a living… Leer más

London: Published for the Author, and sold by Sherwood, Neeley, and Jones, Paternoster-Row, 1819. Second edition. 20 colored aquatints by Charles Williams including comic scenes in Jamaica and Barbados. [A]-Ee4, A-H4, I2. vii, [viii, To the Binder], [1]-188, *187-8, 189-200, 209-224, [68, notes] pp. Irregularly paginated, signatures continuous. 1 vols. 8vo. Polished tan calf, a.e.g., gilt spine, by Root & Co. Slight traces of rubbing, front inner hinge mended. Second edition. 20 colored aquatints by Charles Williams including comic scenes in Jamaica and Barbados. [A]-Ee4, A-H4, I2. vii, [viii, To the Binder], [1]-188, *187-8, 189-200, 209-224, [68, notes] pp. Irregularly paginated, signatures continuous. 1 vols. 8vo. Abbey, Life in England 330; Tooley 406; Hardie 173

London: Published by Sherwood, Neeley, and Jones, Paternoster-Row, 1819. First edition. 20 hand-colored aquatints by Charles Williams, including comic scenes in Gibraltar, Jamaica and Barbados. vii, [i], [1], 224, [68, notes] pp. 1 vols. 8vo (10 x 6-1/8 inches). Later full blue morocco gilt by Stern & Dess (New York), pages uncut. Light foxing throughout. First edition. 20 hand-colored aquatints by Charles Williams, including comic scenes in Gibraltar, Jamaica and Barbados. vii, [i], [1], 224, [68, notes] pp. 1 vols. 8vo (10 x 6-1/8 inches). Uncut. Abbey, Life in England 330; Tooley 331; Hardie 173