Feb 10, 2005 - Sale 2032

Sale 2032 - Lot 323

Price Realized: $ 161
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 100 - $ 150
(SHIPWRECKS.) Perils of the Ocean or Disasters of the Seas. Engraved plates and illustrations. 12mo, publisher's pictorial boards, soiled; minor browning. New York: Murphy, nd

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Includes the narratives of losses of the ships Medusa, the Proserpine, the Mexico, the Betsey and the Prince. Huntress dates the pamphlet to the 1840s, but it is likely produced closer to 1860. Huntress 309c.