Sales catalogue: Francis Edwards

Date:
1937
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/5/42
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Francis Edwards. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SHIPWRECKS—continued. 806 Account of the SHipwreck of a DutcH VEssEr. on the Coast ot the IsLE of QUELPAERT ; together with a Description of Corea, sm. folio, Af. cl., excerpt Churchill’s Voyages (1703) 78 807 Adams (Robert, a Saslor) The Narrative of, who was wrecked on the Western Coast of Africa, 1810, was detained Three Years in Slavery by the Arabs of the Great Desert, and resided several Months in the City of Tom- buctoo, map, 4to., hf. calf, 1816 10s 808 ‘‘ Admella.”—Mossman (Samuel) NARRATIVE of the SHIPWRECK of the ** ADMELLA,” Inter-Colonial Steamer, on the Southern Coast of Australia, drawn up from Authentic Statements furnished by the Rescuers and Survivers, with a map and front., sm. 8vo., hf. calf, Melbourne, 1859 £1 809 ‘‘Albion.”—NarraTIvk of the Wreck and Loss of the Snip ‘‘ ALBION,” of London, John Kirby, Commander, 1810, folding front., 8vo., hf. calf, Printed for the Author, N.D. 15s 810 ‘* Alexander.”—NarRatTiveE of the Toran Loss of the ‘* ALEXANDER” East Indiaman, March, 1815, folding front., sm. 8vo., cl., N.D. 12s 811 ‘‘Amphion.”—DreEapFou Exposition of His Maszsty’s Fricats ‘‘ AMPHION,” 32 Guns, in the Hamoaze Plymouth Dock, 1796, folding plate, 12mo., wrap- pers, 1809 7s 812 *‘ Amphitrite.”—The Menaycuoty Loss of the ‘‘ AMPHITRITE,” bound from Woolwich to Botany Bay, with 108 Female Convicts and 12 Children ; together with the Crew of 16, being 136, of which 133 perished in the Dread- ful Gale of Saturday, the 3lst of August, 1833, off Boulogne, woodcut, 4to., sheet, size 10 by 74 1n., J. Catnach, Printer, Seven Dials [1833] £2 813 ** Antelope.”—Suiewreck of the ‘‘ ANTELOPE” East India Pacquet, on the Pelew Islands, 1783, 2 plates, cr. 8vo., calf, Perth, 1788 18s WonpDERFUL Escapes! Shipwrecks of the Antelope Packet, The Lady Hobart Packet and The Hercules, woodcuts, 12mo., calf, Dublin, 1822 10s 815 ‘* Boyne.”—The Destruction of the ‘‘ Boyng,” 98 Guns, by a Fire, May 4th, 814 1795, folding plate, sm. 8vo., cl., 1808 8s 816 ‘‘Centaur.” — Caprain Ino Lerigpnyp’s Narrative of the Loss of the **CeNTAUR” in 1782, roy. 8vo., calf, 1813 12s 817 ‘‘Charles Eaton.”—Wenmyss (T.) NARRATIVE of the MELANCHOLY SHIPWRECK of the Sure ‘‘CHAaRLES Eaton,” and the Inhuman Massacre of the Passengers and Orew, with an Account of the Rescue of Two Boys from the Hands of the Savages, in an Island in Torres Straits, sr. 8vo., cl., Stockton-on-Tees, 1884 | 18s 818 ‘* Corsair.”—Reney (William) SHrpwreck of the “‘ Corsair,” January, 1835, on an Unknown Reef near the Kingsmill Islands, in the South Pacific Ocean, with a Detail of the Dreadful Sufferings of the Crew, sllusts., cr. 8vo., boards, 1836 ' £1 1s The reef was probably off Arorai or Hurd Island in the Gilbert Group. 819 [Dalyell (Sir John G.)] Sarewrecxks and Disasters at Sa, or Historical Narratives of the most Noted Calamities which have resulted from Maritime Enterprise, map, 3 vols, 8vo., hf. calf, Edinburgh, 1812 £3 3s 820 Darvall (J.) The Wreck on the ANDAMANS. .. Preservation, and Ultimate Deliverance, of the Soldiers and Seamen, who formed the Ships’ Companies of the Runnymede and Briton Troop-ships, 4 tinted plates, cr. 8vo., cl., 1845 10s 821 “ Essex.”—Narratives of the Wreck of the Wuarxz-Sure ‘ Essex,” of Nantucket, which was destroyed by a Whale in the Pacific Ocean, 1819, told by Owen Chase, First Mate; Thomas Chappell, Second Mate; and James Pollard, Captain, with an Intro., and 12 woodcuts by Robert Gibbings, sm. folio, cl., Golden Cockerel Press, 1935 £2 2s Chase’s narrative is reprinted from the rare original edition, of which very few copies survive, and which supplied the original idea for Herman Melville’s master- piece, “‘ Moby Dick, or the Whale.” It is the first authentic account of a ship being rammed and sunk by a whiale, and is also an account of truly unparalleled sufferings in an open boat. ; The edition is limited to 275 copies.
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