The Nautilus Library no. 21: Blenden Hall - The True story of a shipweck, a casting away, and life on a desert island by J. G. Lockhart
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The 'Nautilus Library' begun in the 1920s, and built up to more than thirty volumes. A few were given slightly different titles but most were classic nautical works issued in a pocket sized edition by Philip Allan, who owned the copyright to many of the original editions.

BLENDEN HALL

THE TRUE STORY OF A SHIPWRECK, A CASTING AWAY, AND LIFE ON A DESERT ISLAND

BY J. G. LOCKHART

First published 1930 by PHILIP ALLAN & CO. LTD, London
NAUTILUS LIBRARY No.21 1933 by PHILIP ALLAN & CO. LTD

  

Number 21

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Faded blue cloth bound book with discoloured gilt lettering to badly faded spine and an inked date is visable towards the bottom. Boards faded but clean with corners sharp - nautilus bright.  Pages very clean and bright with neat rough cut edges. No foxing No inscriptions. Condition VERY GOOD MINUS but contents excellent. No dust wrapper but facsimile available.
Price £10.00 plus postage

188 pages. Volumes are 115 mm. wide; 175 tall and about 18 mm. thick. Weight unwrapped approximately 220 grams.		  

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Blurb

Blenden Hall – The true story of a shipwreck, a casting away, and life on a desert island by J. G. Lockhart: The East Indiaman Blenden Hall on passage from Gravesend to Bombay in 1821 was wreckedin the South Atlantic on Inaccessible Island and after many hardships the survivors manage to sail to Tristan da Cunha.  Excellently told with much interesting detail.

Blenden Hall – The true story of a shipwreck, a casting away, and life on a desert island by J. G. Lockhart: Faded blue cloth bound book with discoloured gilt lettering to badly faded spine and an inked date is visable towards the bottom. Boards faded but clean with corners sharp - nautilus bright. Condition VERY GOOD MINUS but contents excellent.

Blenden Hall – The true story of a shipwreck, a casting away, and life on a desert island by J. G. Lockhart:. Pages very clean and bright with neat rough cut edges. No foxing. No inscriptions. No dust wrapper but facsimile available. Remove cursor to revert to image of title page superimposed on front board.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

  1. GRAVESEND
  2. A PASSAGE TO INDIA
  3. THE START
  4. DOWN CHANNEL
  5. THE BAY AND AFTER
  6. CROSSING THE LINE
  7. A THREAT OF PIRACY
  8. SHIPWRECK
  9. INACCESSIBLE
  10. ISLANDSETTLING IN
  11. UPS AND DOWNS .

     

  1. BOAT-BUILDING, MUTINY AND FAMINE
  2. TROUBLE AND A COURT OF ENQUIRY
  3. THE DARKEST HOUR
  4. RESCUE
  5. TRISTAN DA CUNHA
  6. REVOLUTION
  7. A SAIL AT LAST
  8. HAPPILY EVER AFTER

APPENDIX I .
APPENDIX II .

 

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