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Author: Colson, Nathaniel
Title: The Mariner's New Calendar
Place: London
Publisher: W. and J. Mount
Date: 1761
Item # : 205420
Sale Number   423
Lot Number   439
Sale Name    
Literature - Illustrated - Children's - Oz - Fine Books in All Fields
Sale Date   03/04/2010
Sale Time   11am PST
Low Estimate   $ 500
High Estimate   $ 800
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Description:
136 pp. 7¾x5½, period full calf. Custom calf-backed clamshell box.
Scarce issue of this nautical almanac, first issued in 1676, now revised by William Mountaine. 1807 gift inscription on front pastedown endpaper. WorldCat locates only one copy, ESTC locates 4 others.
Condition:
Scratches to leather by an earlier owner; free endpapers lacking; damage to corners of half title where previously adhered with sealing wax to front pastedown, library stamp on verso of half title; very good.
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