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Quedah, A Cruise in Japanese Waters & The Fight on the Peiho. By Captain Sherard Osborn, C.B. Royal Navy .
by OSBORN, Sherard (1822-1875) .:
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Sudbury, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh And London : William Blackwood And Sons, MDCCCLXV [ 1865 ] .. New Edition. A very good tight binding. 8vo. 7.25" x 5.0" x 1.75" . pp.xvi../pp.283/[3pp.]/pp.287-535 . Maroon cloth over bevelled boards. Spine with gilt titles. Hinges carefully strengthened. Original dark green endpapers. Small lable to recto of rear board: "Bound By Burn 37 & 38 Kirby St.". 'Contents" and Half-title inserted after title-page. Clean text and illustrations. Second half title inserted after p.283 - "A Cruise In Japanese Waters". Third half title inserted after p.485 - "The Fight On The Peiho In 1859". With one folding map: "Map Of The Straits Of Malacca...". carefully repaired without loss. VG. N.B.: Also issued as Vol.III of the author's Narratives of voyage and adventure, with the same imprint (see extra title leaf at end). N.B.B.: The first and second works were originally published in 1857 and 1859 respectively; the third first appeared in 'Blackwood's Magazine' (1860?).
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- Bookseller
- Chilton Books
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 50686
- Title
- Quedah, A Cruise in Japanese Waters & The Fight on the Peiho. By Captain Sherard Osborn, C.B. Royal Navy .
- Author
- OSBORN, Sherard (1822-1875) .:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Edinburgh And London : William Blackwood And Sons, MDCCCLXV [ 1865 ] .
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 52152 Burn & Co., Kirby St William Blackwood And Sons Captain Sir John Franklin By Captain Sherard Osborn 0
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Chilton Books
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About the Seller
Chilton Books
Biblio member since 2004
Sudbury, Suffolk
About Chilton Books
Chilton Books are secondhand and antiquarian booksellers Established in 2017 we sell all kinds of antiquarian and second-hand books. We have around 16,000 books on-line and still more titles on-site. We are principally mail order and internet traders without a high street shop front, but visitors are welcome to see our stock housed in a large purpose built store room. We are situated on the outskirts of the old town of Sudbury in the Suffolk Countryside. Please call first.
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- Tight
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- Gilt
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