Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island; with an Appendix, containing Charts and Various Hydrographical and Scientific Notices
by Hall, Basil
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
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- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Hamden, Connecticut, United States
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About This Item
London: John Murray, 1818. 1st ed. Hardcover. Very Good. 9 aquatint plates (8 hand-colored, including frontis), 5 maps (2 folding), 1 other uncolored plate (of Wollaston's Dip Sector), xv, [1], 222, cxxx, [72]p. Contemporary black leather which has been rebacked in later black leather. 27cm. Cover scuffed. Corner heavily rubbed with loss of leather. Half-title and tissue guards present. Moderate foxing on tissue guards and some scattered elsewhere. Minor offsetting and age-toning. Color plates clean and attractive as are the maps and charts. All edges gilt. Marbled endpapers. INSCRIBED (as "the "Author") on half-title to the author's mother ("Lady Helen Hall from her affectionate Son, The Author").
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- Bookseller
- McBlain Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 79049
- Title
- Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea, and the Great Loo-Choo Island; with an Appendix, containing Charts and Various Hydrographical and Scientific Notices
- Author
- Hall, Basil
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1818
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