or the service afloat and ashore; with characteristic reminiscences, fragments and opinions on professional, colonial, and political subjects.
by An Officer of Rank.
[Glascock, Capt. W.N.]
second edition.
London, Henry Colburn, 1826.
2 volumes.. ppxxiv 284, iv 304. half-titles bound in.
a nice set in the original blue paper boards, rebacked with cream paper spines and paper lettering-pieces.
light foxing, but otherwise in good clean condition.
published in the same year as the first, this is second edition of this popular early 19th century book of wide-ranging naval reminiscences and information, by the author of the later "Naval Officer's Manual".