[SHIPWRECKS -- BRITISH]. A group of 3 works about British shipwrecks, comprising:

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MERITON, Henry and John ROGERS. A Circumstantial Narrative of the Loss of the Halsewell (East-Indiaman.) Capt. Richard PIerce, Which was unfortunately wrecked at Seacombe in the Isle of Purbeck, on the Coast of Dorseeshire. London: William Lane, 1786. Octavo. Contemporary marbled boards; cloth folding case. Seventh edition of this popular narrative, published in the same year as the first edition.

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BYRON, John. The Narrative of the Honourable John Byron...containing an Account of the Great Distress Suffered by HImself and HIs Companions on the coasts of Patagonia. London: for S. Baker and G. Leich, 1768. 12mo. Engraved frontispiece. Contemporary half calf, marbled boards (rebacked preserving original spine, some light wear).

2.
M'LEOD, John. Voyage of His Majesty's Ship Alceste, Along the Coast of Corea, to the Island of Lewchew; with an Account of her Subsequent Shipwreck. London: John Murray, 1818. 8vo. Frontispiece, engraved plates with hand-coloring. Later half calf. Second edition.

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[SHIPWRECKS -- BRITISH]. A group of 3 works about British shipwrecks, comprising:

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