Buy this book on-line Erskine, Charles : Twenty years before the mast : with the more thrilling scenes and incidents while circumnavigating the globe under the command of the late Admiral Charles Wilkes, 1838-1842Lakeside Press / R. R. Donnelley & Sons, Chicago IL, 2006
Lakeside Classics Series # 104.. This edition, edited by Thomas Philbrick, follows the text of the second edition published in Philadelphia by George W.Jacobs in1896. The present version corrects apparent typographical errors [and].small changes in punctuation etc. It describes an exciting and remarkable voyage taken in part to help the fast growing USA to understand better the seas that connected it to the rest of the world 390p. Illus. maps, index. The Lakeside Press Classics series was started in 1903 by Thomas E. Donnelley, [who] believed that a simple book, dignified and well designed, would be an appropriate holiday gift. Beautifully printed on fine paper in a handsome green cloth covered boards, with gilt title and decorations. Small format nice gift volume.. Book. Book Condition: New. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: No Jacket Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Erskine, Charles : Twenty years before the mast : with the more thrilling scenes and incidents while circumnavigating the globe under the command of the late Admiral Charles Wilkes, 1838-1842. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including fine bindings, atlases, used books, libri antichi and libri rari. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |