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[NUNN, John]. Narrative of the Wreck of the "Favorite" on the Island of Desolation: detailing the Adventures, Sufferings, and Privations of John Nunn; an Historical Account of the Island, and its Whale and Seal Fisheries ... Edited by W.B. Clarke. London: William Edward Painter, 1850. 8° (220 x 136mm). Folding lithographed map, wood-engraved frontispiece and numerous illustrations in the text. Original publisher's blue cloth (a trifle rubbed). Sabin 56339.
JENKINS, John. Voyage of the U.S. Exploring Squadron ..., Peoria: S.H. and G. Burnett, 1852. 8° (228 x 145mm). Additional engraved title and 8 plates. (Plates browned, some spotting in the text.) Original publishers' cloth (worn).
TREVES, Sir Frederick. The Other Side of the Lantern. An Account of a Commonplace Tour round the World. London: Cassell, 1905. 8° (230 x 150mm). Photogravure frontispiece and numerous plain plates. Original publishers' blue cloth (slightly rubbed and stained). PRESENTATION COPY inscribed by the author 'My dear Laking. Allow me 'to give you something to do you good'. Yours ever Frederick Treves. Jan. 1905'. Sir Frederick Treves was one of the founders of the British Red Cross and personal surgeon to Queen Victoria, Edward VII and George V. He also treated the 'Elephant Man'.
And 6 other works on general voyages in 7 volumes including Peter Leonard's The Western Coast of Africa. Journal of an officer under Captain Owen (Philadelphia, 1833), David Cowans' Anecdotes of a Life on the Ocean (Montreal, 1871), Robinson Warren's Dust and Foan; or Three Oceans and Two Continents (New York, 1859, second edition). (10)
JENKINS, John. Voyage of the U.S. Exploring Squadron ..., Peoria: S.H. and G. Burnett, 1852. 8° (228 x 145mm). Additional engraved title and 8 plates. (Plates browned, some spotting in the text.) Original publishers' cloth (worn).
TREVES, Sir Frederick. The Other Side of the Lantern. An Account of a Commonplace Tour round the World. London: Cassell, 1905. 8° (230 x 150mm). Photogravure frontispiece and numerous plain plates. Original publishers' blue cloth (slightly rubbed and stained). PRESENTATION COPY inscribed by the author 'My dear Laking. Allow me 'to give you something to do you good'. Yours ever Frederick Treves. Jan. 1905'. Sir Frederick Treves was one of the founders of the British Red Cross and personal surgeon to Queen Victoria, Edward VII and George V. He also treated the 'Elephant Man'.
And 6 other works on general voyages in 7 volumes including Peter Leonard's The Western Coast of Africa. Journal of an officer under Captain Owen (Philadelphia, 1833), David Cowans' Anecdotes of a Life on the Ocean (Montreal, 1871), Robinson Warren's Dust and Foan; or Three Oceans and Two Continents (New York, 1859, second edition). (10)
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