Twelve hours on the wreck or the stranding of the Sheffield 1844 rare book

This is a rare opportunity to obtain a historical rare book printed in 1844Book is 72 pages age color is present but all pages present and intactBinding is good slight wrinkle on the spine on back of bookBook cover is a bluish gray color, there is writing on cover but extremely hard to make outBook is 4 1/4” x 6 1/3” approximately In diameter and is a thin book approx 1/3” thickHardboard with extremely thin pages has a few black illustrations with bookBook details the story of the shipwreck of the Sheffield, back end of book has hymns and assorted religious textsSee the pictures for actual views of front back description page and a couple illustrationsIt appears this was the first printing in this formatI’ve seen other editions listed but not in this condition, yes it has age wear being its 179 years old!Excellent gift for the book collector or naval historian!

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