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Published by John Murray, 1829,, 1829
Seller: John W. Doull, Bookseller, Dartmouth, NS, Canada
SMYTH, W.H., Captain. The Life and Services of Captain Philip Beaver , late of His Majesty's Ship Nisus. L: John Murray, 1829. Pp 340. 8vo, brown half calf with marbled boards. A rather hagiographical (but incident-laden and undeniably exciting) biography of this British Royal Navy officer whose career spanned the heroic Nelsonian era and took him from the African coast to the West Indies and the Baltic. Significant edgewear with some nicking, one-inch tears to top of outer hinges, one signature protruding, some foxing internally, owner's signature, else g. 480.00.