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Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, Royaume-Uni
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52pp. Modern black cloth boards, lettered in gilt to spine. Bookplate of D. M. Fyffe to FEP, head of text-block shaved with loss to first word of title and running-titles throughout. The List of the Royal Navy was produced monthly by David Steel (1763-1803), nautical bookseller extraordinaire, and included intelligence on the most recent ships lost and captured. Relatively ephemeral in nature, few have survived. Steel was the author of The Shipmaster's Assistant and Owner's Manual (London, 1788) and assisted his father, also a bookseller, in the compilation of The Elements and Practice of Rigging and Seamanship (London, 1794). Upon Steel's death, his wife Penelope continued to manage the business until the firm went bankrupt in 1819. This edition, printed in the early stages of the Peninsular War, a time of British naval dominance, notably records Captain Michael Seymourâ s command of the HMS Amythyst, the vessel which would be central to the action of 10 November 1808, which saw French forces once more defeated at sea. Size: 12mo. N° de réf. du vendeur AQ30163
Titre : Steel's original and correct List of the ...
Éditeur : Printed, for P. Mason, by E, Hildyard, 1 October, 1808, London
Reliure : Couverture rigide
Vendeur : Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, Royaume-Uni
52pp. Naively rebound in later cloth-baked buff paper boards, partially preserving original publisher's upper and lower wrappers. Rubbed and marked. Title page and terminal leaf attached to boards, the remainder (sewn, as issued) loosely inserted. [Bound between p.26-27:] [Caption title:] Sir james saumarez' victory. Lloyd's Coffee-House, February 17, 1804. [s.i.] [s.n.], [1804]. 4pp. Bound between p2-3 are [4]pp of advertisements for publisher P. Steel. Steel's navy list for 1804, bound with a register of officers, seamen, and marines killed and wounded in action during the battles of Algeciras (1801) under the command of Sir James Saumarez (1757-1836), compiled by a committee appointed to manage the subscription raised for the benefit of their families. The List of the Royal Navy was produced monthly by David Steel (1763-1803), nautical bookseller extraordinaire, and included intelligence on the most recent ships lost and captured. Relatively ephemeral in nature, few have survived. Steel was the author of The Shipmaster's Assistant and Owner's Manual (London, 1788) and assisted his father, also a bookseller, in the compilation of The Elements and Practice of Rigging and Seamanship (London, 1794). Size: 12mo. N° de réf. du vendeur AQ27803
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Vendeur : Antiquates Ltd - ABA, ILAB, Wareham, Dorset, Royaume-Uni
[2], 49pp, [1]. With an initial leaf and final page of publisher's advertisements. Original publisher's powder blue wrappers. Rubbed and spotted, loss to spine, unpaid Lombard St. penny post stamp and manuscript publication date to upper wrapper. Internally clean and crisp. The List of the Royal Navy was produced monthly by David Steel (1763-1803), nautical bookseller extraordinaire, and included intelligence on the most recent ships lost and captured. Relatively ephemeral in nature, few have survived. Steel was the author of The Shipmaster's Assistant and Owner's Manual (London, 1788) and assisted his father, also a bookseller, in the compilation of The Elements and Practice of Rigging and Seamanship (London, 1794). Upon Steel's death, his wife Penelope continued to manage the business until the firm went bankrupt in 1819. ESTC records a single copy of this issue in the British Isles (BL), and one further in North America (NYPL). ESTC T301475. Size: 12mo. N° de réf. du vendeur AQ24441
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