Folding facsimile manuscript leaves; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 432 pages; In original textured blue cloth with decorative patterns in blind and titles in gilt to spine. Ex-library copy with expected institutional attachments and indications. Cloth rubbed and fraying at spine ends. Small open scrape to cloth mid-spine. Scattered occasional underlining in old blue and red wax pencil and some in more recent ballpoint. Two leaf signature including title page and tissue guarded frontispiece is loose from the binding and laid in. Original edition in ex-lib copy decent reading or restoration copy. Illustrated with frontis and two folding facsimile manuscript leaves. Good only
Title: The Life of Richard Earl Howe ; Admiral of the Fleet, and General of Marines
Edition: First Edition
Location Published: London, John Murray: 1838
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Good
Categories: Military History, England, Maritime, Ships, Sailing etc.
Seller ID: 35308