The Life and Works of Sir Henry Mainwaring - In Deluxe Binding
Navy Records Society, 1922. Three quarter leather. 8vo. Pp. xxii, 375, x, 303. Introduction by the editor, G. E. Manwaring. Index. Marbled endpapers. Two bookplates on front pastedown, one tipped-in over the other (A. Townsend Green and noted maritime collector Frederick Ellis). Bound in three-quarter blue leather over sail cloth, gilt lettering stamped on spine, gilt tooling and raised bands. Minor rubbing to corners; bindings tight. Very Good+. Item #11264
Volume 56 in the series. The works, a bibliography and a biography of the one-time pirate, Royal Navy Vice-Admiral, and author who gave us The Seaman's Dictionary (1666), among other works. A stately set in the deluxe leather binding.
Price: $150.00