Twenty years before the mast : with the more thrilling scenes and incidents while circumnavigating the globe under the command of the late Admiral Charles Wilkes, 1838-1842
by Erskine, Charles
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About This Item
Chicago IL: Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons, 2006 Book. New. Hardcover. Reissue.. Lakeside Classics Series # 104.. This edition, edited by Thomas Philbrick, follows the text of the second edition published in Philadelphia by George W.Jacobs in1896. The present version corrects apparent typographical errors [and].small changes in punctuation etc. It describes an exciting and remarkable voyage taken in part to help the fast growing USA to understand better the seas that connected it to the rest of the world 390p. Illus. maps, index. The Lakeside Press Classics series was started in 1903 by Thomas E. Donnelley, [who] believed that a simple book, dignified and well designed, would be an appropriate holiday gift. Beautifully printed on fine paper in a handsome green cloth covered boards, with gilt title and decorations. Small format nice gift volume..
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- Bookseller
- KALAMOS BOOKS (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 32998
- Title
- Twenty years before the mast : with the more thrilling scenes and incidents while circumnavigating the globe under the command of the late Admiral Charles Wilkes, 1838-1842
- Author
- Erskine, Charles
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New New
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Edition
- Reissue.
- Publisher
- Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons
- Place of Publication
- Chicago IL
- Date Published
- 2006
- Keywords
- UNIRED STATES EXPLORING EXPEDITION ADMIRAL CHARLES WILKES, VOYAGES
- Bookseller catalogs
- Travel Books; United States;
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