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NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO AFRICA AND ARABIA, PERFORMED IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS LEVEN AND BARRACOUTA, FROM 1821 TO 1826. UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPT. F. W. OWEN, R.N. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I & II
by Thomas Boteler | [Captain William Fitzwilliam Owen]
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- Condition
- Good binding
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Richmond, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Richard Bentley, 1835. Half Leather. Good binding. Travel narrative by Thomas Boteler, of the survey expedition of HMS Barracouta and Leven as they survey the East African coast, and the River Gambia. Upon their return, they had surveyed 30,000 nautical mailes of coast, prepared 83 charts, and lost half their crew to tropical diseases. With four plates and few text illustrations. Wear to the joints, rubbing to the boards, surface loss to the edges of the boards, and spots of surface loss and creasing to the spine, especially one spot affecting the titling of Vol. II. Hinges feel fragile, though appear to be holding and are not cracked at the time of description. Half leather over marbled paper boards, with gilt lettering and designs along the spine. Good binding.
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- Black Swan Books, Inc.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 291099
- Title
- NARRATIVE OF A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY TO AFRICA AND ARABIA, PERFORMED IN HIS MAJESTY'S SHIPS LEVEN AND BARRACOUTA, FROM 1821 TO 1826. UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPT. F. W. OWEN, R.N. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I & II
- Author
- Thomas Boteler | [Captain William Fitzwilliam Owen]
- Format/Binding
- Half Leather
- Book Condition
- Used - Good binding
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Richard Bentley
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1835
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Black Swan Books, Inc.
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Richmond, Virginia
About Black Swan Books, Inc.
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- 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...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- 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....
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
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