War, ice & piracy : the remarkable career of a Victorian sailor : the journals and letters of Samuel Gurney Cresswell
2000, 1st edition. London : Chatham. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. SIGNED by the author. Item #391617
ISBN: 1861761384
Physical description: 192 p., 16 p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: HMS Agincourt, 1842-1847 -- HMS Investigator, 1848-1853 -- HMS Archer, April-December 1854 -- HMS Sparrowhawk, April-August 1856 -- HMS Surprise, 1857-1859 -- Epilogue: HMS Scylla. Subject: Cresswell, Samuel Gurney 1827-1867; Diaries; Correspondence; Sailors Great Britain; Biography; Expeditions: 1850-54 McClure; Franklin Searc; Arctic regions; Canada; Northwest Passage; Pirates; Piracy.
Price: €14.95