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    Portsmouth   John Miller
    4" by 2.5" [5], 4-80, [1pp]
    A very scarce copy of this interesting and concise history of the H.M.S. Royal George, bound with wood from the ship to the boards.
    By Not Stated

    1840 A Narrative of the Loss of the H.M.S. Royal George, of 108 Guns, Sunk at Spithead, August 29th, 1782; With a Concise Account of the Colonel Pasley's Operations on the Wreck in 1839 & 1840

    Portsmouth   John Miller
    4" by 2.5" [5], 4-80, [1pp]
    A very scarce copy of this interesting and concise history of the H.M.S. Royal George, bound with wood from the ship to the boards.
    £585.00
    : 0.5kgs / : 657P1
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    Illustrated, Original Binding, Very Scarce

    A very scarce work. Bound with wooden boards, the wood taken from the H.M.S Royal George. A work accounting the life of the H.M.S. Royal George, a first rate gun ship in the Royal Navy. The ship sunk in 1782, when it was anchored at Spithead to take supplies to go and relive Gibraltar. The ship sunk and lost more than eight-hundred lives. In this work, the anonymous authors recounts the sinking of this ship. The author also talks about Major-General Charles Paisley's 1839 attempted to clear the wreckage of the ships. His operation included breaking up the wreck using barrels of gunpowder. Illustrated with a frontispiece, and three plates. Collated from Copac from a copy held at the British Library, complete.

    Condition

    In the original publisher's quarter calf with wooden boards. Externally, the front board is detached. Cracks to each board, repaired by a prior owner with tape. A couple of marks to the front board, and a small rectangle of wood removed. Pages from front endpaper to frontispiece are detached from the textblock, and have been taped to the fore edge of the front board by a prior owner. Textblock from pages 65-80, publisher's adverts, rear free endpaper, and rear endpaper are detached but present. Prior owner's pencil inscription to the recto to the front free endpaper, with tape to the front free endpaper. Internally, generally firmly bound. Pages are lightly age-toned and clean, with only a few marks to the first few pages. Title page is detached but present.

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