[Maritime Disasters]   Perils and Adventures on the Deep   Thomas Nelson   1840

Perils and Adventures on the Deep: A Series of Interesting Narratives of Naval Adventure and Suffering. Edinburgh: Thomas Nelson, 1840. Second edition. Twelvemo. 236pp. Vignette title. Later black cloth, printed title to front cover.

A collection of authentic shipwreck and marine disaster stories, including accounts of attacks by savages, the story of The Bounty, the marooning of Alexander Selkirk, which inspired Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, very early polar explorations, etc.    

Slight spine lean; light rubbing to extremities; offsetting to endleaves; light dampstaining to title page and vignette title, scattered foxing throughout; pencil ownership inscription to verso of last blank. About very good.

NPD-00073A

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