Voyage to Corea and the Island of Loo-Choo

Hall, Basil

Published by John Murray, London, 1820

About this Item

Small 8vo. Hardcover. Pp. 259. Second Edition. In very good condition; half-leather over marbled boards. Spine has been professionally replaced with contemporary leather, and gilt title on label. Marbled end-papers and fore-edge. With a bookplate on front end-paper from James Tomkinson, an English landowner and Liberal politician. Complete with 5 plates, of which one is hand-coloured, and a fold-out map at the back. Cover shows signs of shelf-wear, with light bumping at the corners and wear along the edges; faint scuffs and marks as expected with age. Pages themselves are clean and unmarked with light foxing. Some ghosting opposite the fold-out map and opposite the plates. Basil Hall was a British naval officer from Scotland, a traveller, and an author. He was the second son of Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet, an eminent man of science. Seller Inventory # 036614

Bibliographic Details

Title: Voyage to Corea and the Island of Loo-Choo

Publisher: John Murray, London

Publication Date: 1820

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Edition: 2nd Edition