Description: Title: My Youth - By Sea and Land from 1809 to 1816 Author: Charles Loftus Publisher: Hurst and Blackett, London Edition: First Edition, First Printing Date Printed: 1876 Description: Original two volume set in the original publisher's decorative cloth. First printing of the first edition. Two Volumes. Original publishers green decorative cloth with gilt titles to spine. Unobtrusive residue from removal of subscription labels to front covers (see pictures). Original brown endpapers. 325 pages (vol 1), 290 pages (vol 2). Light bumping and wear to extremities of both volumes, with dulling to spines (see pictures). Gift inscription to half-title pages of both volumes. Light browning to page edges and prelims. Hinges cracked to both volumes, binding holding firm. A nice example of this very scarce and fascinating naval and military memoir. The author served in both the Royal Navy in Nelson’s time, and in the Coldstream Guards. We take great care in the packaging of all our books to ensure that they arrive as described. We accept PayPal worldwide. Please view our other books now on sale at our ebay shop Goodman Books. We have over 4,000 books for sale at all prices and on all subjects, with strong sections of Modern First Editions, Literary Fiction and Signed Books. We have been successfully trading on ebay for seventeen years, and are proud of our reputation for honesty and trustworthiness - buy with confidence from an established bookseller.
Price: 130 GBP
Location: Hornchurch
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Non-Fiction Subject: Autobiography
Format: Publisher's Cloth Hardback - Two Volumes
Year Printed: 1876
Fiction Subject: Military
Original/Reproduction: Original
Date of Publication: 1850-1899
Fiction Type: Novel
Sub-Subject: Royal Navy
Printing Year: 1876
Weight: 950g
Condition: Used
Author: Charles Loftus
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Special Attributes: First Edition, 1st Edition
