A Yachting Cruise in the Baltic
by GRAVES S[amuel]. R[obert]
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Charlottesville , Virginia, United States
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About This Item
London: Longman Green, Longman and Roberts, 1863. . 8vo, royal blue textured publisher's cloth, gilt on front cover and spine; spine somewhat darkened; some wear to extremities and over hinges. Samuel Robert Graves (1818 Ð1873) was an Irish-born businessman and Conservative Member of Parliament for Liverpool from 1865-1873. He was mayor of that city in 1861Graves was a shipowner and Commodore of the Royal Mersey Yacht Club and a Member of the Royal Commission to inquire into the management of Lights, Buoys, and Beacons. He was, in addition, a director of the London and North Western Railway.
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- Bookseller
- Franklin Gilliam :: Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2249
- Title
- A Yachting Cruise in the Baltic
- Author
- GRAVES S[amuel]. R[obert]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: Longman Green, Longman and Roberts, 1863.
- Pages
- Folding tinted lithographic frontispiece, 9 plates, 6 text vignettes, xii and 399 pp.
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Charlottesville , Virginia
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Shipping, handling and insurance are charged at $7.50 for the first volume; $2.00 for each additional volume.
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- Gilt
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