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Nelsonian reminiscences
de PARSONS, G[eorge] S[amuel]
- Usado
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Wareham, Dorset, United Kingdom
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Sobre este artículo
Boston: Charles C. Little and James Brown, 1843. [4], 251pp, [1]. Original publisher's drab paper boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Extremities worn, loss to head and foot of spine, upper joint split, chipping to lettering-piece. Recent bookplate of Robert J. Hayhurst to FEP, later inked ownership to recto of FFEP, foxed. The first edition of the military service memoirs of George Samuel Parsons (d. 1854). The work was published in Boston where Parsons' had found himself having survived shipwreck whilst serving as an Admiralty Agent on board a contract mail steam-vessel. The account records his service during the War of the Third Coalition, in particular as a midshipman at the Battle of St. Vincent in 1797, and as a signal-midshipman under Nelson aboard the HMS Foudroyant. . First edition. 12mo.
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Detalles
- Librería
- Antiquates Ltd
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- AQ20628
- Título
- Nelsonian reminiscences
- Autor
- PARSONS, G[eorge] S[amuel]
- Estado del libro
- Usado
- Edición
- First edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Charles C. Little and James Brown
- Lugar de publicación
- Boston
- Fecha de publicación
- 1843
- Palabras clave
- Naval History
- Size
- 12mo
Términos de venta
Antiquates Ltd
Antiquates Ltd was established by Tom Lintern-Mole in 2007; we travel far and wide to buy, sell, and advise on rare books and manuscripts.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Concentrating on hand-press printing and early modern manuscripts, we pride ourselves on offering a varied selection of antiquarian works on a diverse range of subjects, leaning towards the interesting, the important, and the unusual.
We have a countryside bookshop in Wareham; we also regularly issue catalogues - do ask if you would like to be added to our mailing list - and frequently exhibit at regional and national book fairs in London, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Oxford, and York.
We also offer a valuation service (for either insurance or probate purposes), as well as advice on library development.
Sobre el vendedor
Antiquates Ltd
Miembro de Biblio desde 2008
Wareham, Dorset
Sobre Antiquates Ltd
Mail Order and Internet, but in normal times we have an antiquarian bookshop in the Dorset countryside.
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- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- 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....
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Recto
- The page on the right side of a book, with the term Verso used to describe the page on the left side.
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- FFEP
- A common abbreviation for Front Free End Paper. Generally, it is the first page of a book and is part of a single sheet that...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
