Chronicles Of The Sea: Or, Faithful Narratives Of Shipwrecks, Fires, Famines, And Disasters Incidental To A Life Of Maritime Enterprise; Together With Celebrated Voyages, Interesting Anecdotes, Etc Inglefield. Dean. Bligh. Acres. Morin. Cheap. Boyle. Falconer. Etc History,Maritime Naval Marine Sea Shipwrecks

119 Weekly parts, 2 columns per page, bound into 2 volumes, 1838 & 1840. In worn half calf, faded gilt tooling over worn blue marbled boards. Spines worn, some loss to both, faded, gilt tooling & titles. Internally, Vol 1, half title, [5], (vi-viii), [1], 2-480 pp. from No 1, Jan 6, 1838 to No 60, Dec 29, 1839, blue marbled endpapers, small edge chip with loss of a few words p103/4, occasional light water stain p384. Vol 2, Nelson portrait frontis, [3], (iv-viii), [2] adverts, [1], 2-464 pp, No 62, Jan 5, 1839 to No 119, no date, vertical tear with page loss p167/8, corner of p305/6, printed by W. Brace. ink owners details to feps (Smith?, 1872), ink name to tps (Hutchinson 1870), blue marbled endpaper lacking to ep V2. Issues 24 & 25 describe the Mutiny of the Bounty, & with the all important portrait & memoir of Nelson. (241*185 mm). (Ferguson JA Bibliography of Australia, 2456/57). Uncommon, 2 sets in UK (BL & Nat Lib), 8 in the US , 4 Australia & 1 in Sweden! A fascinating read!!