Ca. 1885 Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder, and Piracy

CA. 1885

THRILLING NARRATIVES

OF MUTINY, MURDER, AND PIRACY

ILLUSTRATED

A WEIRD SERIES OF TALES OF SHIPWRECK AND DISASTER

WITH ACCOUNTS OF PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPES AND HEART-RENDING FATALITIES

*** RARE ANTIQUE EDITION ~ VICTORIAN FINE BINDING  ~ ENGRAVINGS

SHIP WRECKS ~ SUNKEN SHIPS ~ SEA DISASTERS ~ PIRATES ~ MUTINEERS ~ US NAVAL BATTLES

DANGERS OF THE WHALE FISHERY ~ FISHING ~ ANGLING ~ WHALING ~ SAILING ~ SHIPS ~ BOATS ~ SCHOONER ~ FRIGATE ~ CASTAWAYS

EAST INDIAMAN ~ WRECK OF FEMALE CONVICT SHIP ~ WRECK OF SLAVE SHIP ~ LOSS OF WAR SLOOP ~ OCEAN ADVENTURE ~ A MAN OVERBOARD ~ EXPEDITION OF CAPTAIN ROSS ~ FINGAL'S CAVE ~ SAILORS ABANDONED ON ISLAND ~ CLASSIC SAILING SHIP HISTORY ***

New York: Hurst & Co., Publishers, no date, circa 1885.

measures about 7.5'' x 5.25''

beautiful original publisher's decorative lavender cloth Victorian fine binding

embossed gold gilt and black stamping

non-coated pale pink endpapers

frontispiece engraving

illustrated with part-page and full-page engravings

336 pages + ads to rear endpapers