Barlow's Journal of His Life at Sea in King's Ships, East & West Indiamen & Other Merchantmen from 1659 to 1703 - SIGNED Ltd. Ed.
London: Hurst & Blackett, (1934). Limited Edition. Half-leather. Two volumes. Large 8vo. Pp. 575. Top edges gilt, page ends untrimmed. Frontis. color reproduction of a painting of English naval ships. Volume I with 13 colored Illustrations and 43 coastline drawings;
Volume II with three colored illustrations and 21 coastline drawings. Index. Illustrated endpapers. Bound in half-leather over navy-blue cloth, gilt lettering stamped on spine, gilt rules. Bookplate of notede maritime collector Frederick Ellis; front hinges starting; some scuffing to cloth; lght wear to head of spines.
Of an edition limited to 100 numbered copies, this set is hand-numbered copy 8, signed by Lubbock. Very Good+. Item #11272
With the pencil ownership name of maritime scholar F. C. Prideaux Naish (The Mystery of the Tonnage and Dimensions of the Pelican-Hind. A stately set in the deluxe leather binding.
Price: $950.00