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Brown, John
Estimate
200 - 300 GBP
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Description
- Brown, John
- Narrative of the Dreadful Sufferings of Six Artillery Men, who left the Island of St.Helena in a Whale Boat. Belfast, 1828
- paper
8vo (160 x 95mm.), 8pp., woodcut ship on title, red morocco-backed cloth, unopened
Literature
cf. Borba de Moraes p.130 (an earlier edition of 1806)
Condition
A very good copy
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF BUSINESS PRINTED IN THE SALE CATALOGUE."
Catalogue Note
The title of this chapbook continues "putting to sea, [they] were tossed about for twenty-nine days, in which time they were so hard put to for provisions, that they cast lots who should die for the sustenance of the rest, when the lot fell on one M'Kinnon, who bled himself to death, on which the rest subsisted for several days, when three of the six arrived at a Portuguese settlement in South America. The whole delivered upon oath, by John Brown, one of the survivors".