The Wreck of the Amsterdam de Marsden, Peter - 1974

London, Hutchinson, 1974, hardcover, 288 pp, First Edition, First Printing, Very Good+ in Very Good+ dustjacket. Straight, tight and clean with no markings, light spine end bumps. Dustjacket unclipped bearing original price, light edge nicks, displays beautifully in new Brodart sleeve. Sunk on her maiden voyage in 1748 the Amsterdam lay quietly in shallow water near Hastings in Sussex until 1969 when it was discovered that she held an almost untouched storehouse of information pertaining to life in the 18th-century. Illustrated throughout with 41 drawn figures and 24 black-&-white plates. Appended; English Records, Payroll of the Amsterdam, Bibliography, Sources, Index. ISBN 9780091198503

Paperback. Very Good.

Hutchinson, 1974-01-01. Hardcover. Acceptable/No Jacket. 9x6x1. Acceptable due to missing blank flyleaf. Posted within 1 working day. 1st class tracked post to the UK, Airmail tracked worldwide. Robust recyclable packaging.

London, England: Hutchinson, 1974. Book. Good. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Hardcover with black boards and pictorial dust jacket, first edition, 632gms, 287 pages, grey endpapers. Book is in good condition with general age-related wear and tear and moderate to heavy page discolouration/spotting throughout. Boards and dust jacket are in good condition with moderate shelf wear, chipping and scuffing. Dust jacket has been stuck to boards with tape, otherwise no other pre-loved markings..

Hutchinson. Good. Hardcover. 1974. 288 pages. dj worn. <br> .

London, United Kingdom: Hutchinson, 1974 The edges of the dust jacket have light scuffing. The edges of the book are lightly tanned and somewhat spotted. The book contains three sets of plates of black and white photographs as well as some black and white illustrations. 287 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown.. Hard Cover. Good/Good. Size F: 9"-10" Tall (228-254mm).

London: Hutchinson, 1974. 287pp., plus (3 x 8 pages), unpaginated, b/white halftone plate sections, plus intext line-drawings, maps and diagrams. Book clean and square. Spine firm, bright gilt title there-on. Minor flecks on text-block foredge, otherwise leaves clean. Illustrated (Pictorial front, Art, 'Biro' rear) dustjacket mildly edgeworn, and price-clipped. The 'Amsterdam' was a Dutch East Indiaman that set out on her maiden voyage in 1748, fully laden with a rich cargo and silver bullion, together with more than 300 people. In the English Channel, she encountered an extreme force gale, and she was beached near Hastings, on the English coast in Sussex. This is the story of her rediscovery, and her valuable cargo . . . Contents include: Prelims., Intro., 13 chapters, Appendices, Index. Book weight approx. 660g.. First Edition. Hardcover and Dustjacket. Very Good +/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London, Hutchinson first edition - hard cover in dust jacket On her maiden voyage in 1748 fully laden with a rich cargo and silver bullion and three hundred people on board she was beached by her Captain near Hastings in Sussex. In 1969 a party of workmen turned up a wealth of objects. Peter Marsden found himself confronted with one of the most historically valuable finds in European archaeology. 240 x 160mm., pp. 288, b/w plates, line illus., append., index. Hard cover in dust jacket. Contents - no inscriptions, d.j. lightly rubbed corners. NEAR FINE/VG+ ISBN: 009119850x