The Seaman’s Recorder: Or, Authentic and Interesting Narratives of Popular Shipwrecks, and Other Calamities Incident to a Life of Maratime [sic] Enterprise

The Seaman’s Recorder: Or, Authentic and Interesting Narratives of Popular Shipwrecks, and Other Calamities Incident to a Life of Maratime [sic] Enterprise. London, J. Gifford, 1825. 3 vols., contemporary half leather, gilt titles and volume numbering to spines; with 3 frontispieces and 64 engravings (collation complete). xxiii-410 pp.; vii-400 pp.; vi-[1] ff.-428 pp. A very good set, bindings and corners rubbed; light foxing and browning to some pages; two ex-libris stickers at the beginning of volume I and one ex-libris sticker on the front board of volume II.

Rare and complete copy of this compendium of maritime incidents, illustrated with 67 engravings, most signed “Walker” and five signed “E. Blake,” including the three frontispieces. An engaging collection of naval accounts spanning from the 16th to the 19th century, the volume concludes with the loss of the Comet steam packet on October 22, 1825. We have been unable to trace another copy of this edition.