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The Adventures of John Wetherell; the Authentic Diary of a 19th Century British Seaman, Impressed into His Majesty's Service to Fight Bonaparte
Published by Doubleday, Garden City, 1953
Seller: Ainsworth Books ( IOBA), Chilliwack, BC, Canada
Association Member: IOBA
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good+. Dust Jacket Condition: Fair. Stated First Edition. Price clipped DJ has insect damage (book unaffected), some soiling, chipped head if spine ; Sepia plates of drawings by Wetherell, illustrated endpapers, DJ in Mylar, hinges intact; 379 pages; Autobiography of John Wetherell. Born in Whitby in 1780, Wetherell first joined the British merchant navy serving and trained and qualified as a ships's carpenter, before being impressed into the Royal Navy. He saw service on HMS Hussar, but after she went aground on the coast of France he was captured and made a prisoner-of-war and spent most of the next eleven years at Charlemont Givet Prison.
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The Adventures of John Wetherell. Edited & with an Introduction by C.S.Forester [The authentic diary of a 19th century British Seaman, impressed into his Majesty's Service to fight Bonaparte]
Published by Michael Joseph, London, 1954
Seller: Arapiles Mountain Books - Mount of Alex, Castlemaine, VIC, Australia
Association Member: ANZAAB ILAB
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
First Edition
£ 12.64
Convert currency£ 33.15 shipping from Australia to U.S.A.Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketHard Cover. Condition: VG+. Dust Jacket Condition: VG-. First Edition. VG+/VG-. 8vo. original burgundy cloth gilt (slightly rubbed & flecked, occ. spots & marks, else clean and bright throughout) in dustwrapper priced 18s. net (a little rubbed and frayed, closed tear to top edge front panel, slightly sunned & toned); pp. 276 (last blank), with illustrations. A very good copy.
