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Sale 330: Fine Children's & Illustrated Books; Fine Printing & the Book Arts (#330) 04/27/2006 1:00 PM PDT Closed
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Lot #210Sailor Boy, or First and Last Voyage

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Sale 330: Fine Children's & Illustrated Books; Fine Printing & the Book Arts (#330) 04/27/2006 1:00 PM PDT Closed
Starts Ending 04/27/2006 1:00 PM PDT

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(Sailor Boy...)

Title:

Sailor Boy, or First and Last Voyage

Author:

**

Place Published:

New York

Publisher:

McLoughlin Brothers

Date Published:

No Date [c.1860]

Description:

6 leaves. 8 wood engraved illustrations. 10½x7, color pictorial self wrappers.

A much-reprinted cautionary tale about the perils of life at sea. First published about 1829 as "Sailor Boy, or First and Last Voyage of Little Andrew," this early McLoughlin Bros. edition is perhaps the first to fully illustrate the tale. Scarce.

Condition:

Moderate wear to wrappers with small chip to fore-edge of front wrapper, very good.

Item#:

168424
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