1807 The Shipwreck William Falconer Scottish Ships Nautical Poem Navigation
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1807 The Shipwreck William Falconer Scottish Ships Nautical Poem Navigation
“With living colours give my verse to glow:
The sad memorial of a tale of woe!”
– William Falconer, The Shipwreck
William Falconer was an 18th-century Scottish poet whose poetry focused on marine life and life at sea. His most important work, The Shipwreck, was written in 1762 and gained him instant and immense success. The story follows the adventure on an English ship headed home but was wrecked in Greece. Falconer created this work as an autobiographical account of him being on the ship, and his adventures along with the two other survivors.
Item number: #21021
Price: $399
FALCONER, William
The shipwreck
Edinburgh: Alexander MacKay ; John Murray, 1807.
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages
[4], viii, 180
Language: English
Binding: Leather; tight and secure
Size: ~6.25in X 4in (15.5cm x 10cm)
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“With living colours give my verse to glow:
The sad memorial of a tale of woe!”
– William Falconer, The Shipwreck
William Falconer was an 18th-century Scottish poet whose poetry focused on marine life and life at sea. His most important work, The Shipwreck, was written in 1762 and gained him instant and immense success. The story follows the adventure on an English ship headed home but was wrecked in Greece. Falconer created this work as an autobiographical account of him being on the ship, and his adventures along with the two other survivors.
Item number: #21021
Price: $399
FALCONER, William
The shipwreck
Edinburgh: Alexander MacKay ; John Murray, 1807.
Details:
Collation: Complete with all pages
[4], viii, 180
Language: English
Binding: Leather; tight and secure
Size: ~6.25in X 4in (15.5cm x 10cm)
Our Guarantee:
Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide.
Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation!
21021
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1807 The Shipwreck William Falconer Scottish Ships Nautical Poem Navigation
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