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Von Händler/Antiquariat, maxtell5.
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1891 edition. Excerpt: ...as the more the Storm increased, It gave them more room to guess, That some Ship upon the Ocean, Was in sad and deep Distress. We saw floating, some Days after, Some spare yards were drove on Shore, On which was the Name Victory, This gave us suspicion more: That the noble Ship was stranded On the Gaskets, was our fear, Long we waited with Impatience, But no News of them could hear. To this fatal Tragedy, The brave gallant Admiral Balchen With fourteen hundred Men beside, If she's lost, went to the Bottom, And all at once together died: Oh! the dismal grief and Horror, If one had been there to see, How they all were struck with Horror, When sunk down the Victory. O! the sad and dismal Story, I'm griev'd when I the same relate, So many blasted in their Glory, And at once shared the same fate: Some thinking on their Wives and Children, And some on their Parents dear, Sunk to the Bottom in a Moment, And no Time to say a prayer. O Victory! thou wast unlucky, But once before was out at Sea, In the Night run foul of the Lion, And her Carved-work took away: Now thou art gone to the Bottom, With a jovial Company, An Admiral, Marines and Sailors, Most Unhappy Victory! The Distressed Sailors Hen first I drew the breath of life, 'Twas in the merry month of June, The fourteenth day, as I am told, When flowers they were in their bloom: It was in Seventeen hundred and five, That was the very date of the year, Myparents did for me provide, The best of learning I declare. When I grew up, they asked me What trade must we prepare for thee? My answer was to them again, I mean to range the roaring sea: My whimsical brain did falsely show The pleasures men enjoy at sea, But oh! the sorrow, grief and woe, They suffer in extremity. If there be pleasure on the... Hardcover, Label: Broadsheet King, Broadsheet King, Product group: Book, Published: 1973-11, Studio: Broadsheet King, Sales rank: 18551834.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Gerald Lee Maritime Books.
Broadsheet King 1973; Facsimile reprint of the original edition published by in London in 1891.. No continuous pagination (approximately 200 pages). 200 illustrations, 35x22. No writing or inscriptions. Bound in navy cloth with white titles and motif. Binding Fine, contents Fine.Standard postage rate within the UK. but overseas postage will be at extra cost.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Gerald Lee Maritime Books [1335019], Bexhill-on-Sea, United Kingdom.
No continuous pagination (approximately 200 pages). 200 illustrations, 35x22. No writing or inscriptions. Bound in navy cloth with white titles and motif. Binding Fine, contents Fine.Standard postage rate within the UK. but overseas postage will be at extra cost.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Clarendon Books P.B.F.A. [968477], Leicester, United Kingdom.
2 volumes, brown and gilt and brown and cream bindings, some rubbing to the edges, yellow paper to reproduce some age. A tidy set.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Geoff Blore`s Books [8832720], Nottingham, United Kingdom.
HB. No DW. Includes accompanying booklet. VG. This is a heavy book & will require extra postage.