[Rarebooks] fs: 1843 - War of 1812 memoir, sailor in two navies

[Back Creek Books]

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(No. 10269 )  Leech, Samuel. THIRTY YEARS FROM HOME, OR A VOICE FROM THE 
MAIN DECK; BEING THE EXPERIENCE OF SAMUEL LEECH, WHO WAS FOR SIX YEARS IN 
THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN NAVIES; WAS CAPTURED IN THE BRITISH FRIGATE 
MACEDONIAN: AFTERWARDS ENTERED THE AMERICAN NAVY
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Boston: Tappan & Dennet, 1843. First printing, Original cloth, Duodecimo, 
xvi, [17]-305 pages, engraved plates. Good.
      Subtitle concludes: "
and was taken in the United States brig Syren, 
by the British ship Medway." First edition of this classic firsthand account 
naval warfare in the War of 1812. HOWES #L224; SABIN #39812. Bound in 
original dark brown cloth over boards with title in gilt on spine, both 
boards ornamented in blind. One leaf of publisher advertising at rear. Wear 
to binding extremities with chips to head and heel of spine and rubs through 
cloth at fore corners, bottom edges, and in spots along joints. Some 
browning to textblock, prior owner name penned neatly on preliminary blank. 
Hinges still sound....... $200.00
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