THE LOGBOOK OF THE CAPTAIN'S CLERK : Adventures in the China Seas (The Lakeside Classics Series)

John S.Sewall; (Arthur Power Dudden, Editor)

Edité par Lakeside Press/R.R. Donnelley, Chicago, IL, 1995

A propos de cet article

Text/NEW & Bright. 1995 First Edition, First Thus; reprint of a memoir first published 1905. Gilt embossed dark brown linen boards w/gilt to upper text block, Fine. DJ/None as Issued. Frontispiece: The USS Saratoga. Maritime history. Memoir of American sailor, minister & professor John Smith Sewall (1830-1911) aboard warship U.S.Saratoga --- one of the "Black Ships" of Commodore Matthew C. Perry's Squadron to Japan (1853-1854). As a captain's clerk aboard the Saratoga from 1850-1854, Sewall (author of The Invincible Armada to Japan) kept log of the ship's daily activities. This book was written a half century later, and includes Sewall's commentaries as well as references to later incidents. 291 pgs w/maps & archival photos in 9 chapters followed by Editor's Epilogue.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: THE LOGBOOK OF THE CAPTAIN'S CLERK : Adventures in the China Seas (The Lakeside Classics Series)
• Éditeur: Lakeside Press/R.R. Donnelley, Chicago, IL
• Date de parution: 1995
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Illustrateur: Archival Photographs
• Édition: First Edition, First Thus
• État de l'article: New
• État de la jaquette: None as Issued
• Catalogues du vendeur:
  • Military, Warfare, Weaponry, Firearms
  • History
  • Adventure, Expeditions