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PORTER, Jane. KINGSTON, W. H. G. (with A Preface By) ListingsIf you cannot find what you want on this page, then please use our search feature to search all our listings. Click on Title to view full description
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PORTER, Jane. KINGSTON, W. H. G. (with a Preface by) Sir Edward Seaward's Narrative of his Shipwreck. pict. green cloth, gilt to spine and upper board.
George Routledge and sons, 1879,
PORTER, Jane. Sir Edward Seaward's Narrative of his Shipwreck : and consequent discovery of certain islands in the Caribbean Seas with a detail of many extraordinary and highly interesting events in his life, from the year 1733 to 1749. With a preface by W. H. G. Kingston. L.: George Routledge and Sons, (1879). 8vo, pictorial green cloth with gilt to spine and upper board.This book originally believed to been a true account of Sir Edward Seaward 's travels, edited by Jane Porter, in fact has been attributed to her and/or her brother as literary fiction. But as W. H. G. Kingston states in his preface: "[...] the numerous beauties of the work, the instruction it afforded, and the deep interest it was calculated to excite, making it worthy to take it place among English standard works of fiction." -from the preface. Rubbed, crumpling to spine ends, somewhat thumbed, bookplate to front paste-down, ow vg 85.00
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85.00 CDN
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