Manuscript journal of a voyage on the HMS Bonaventure, the Royal Navy flagship of the East Indies station

by Reuben Courtman, b. 1873

$1,200 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

Contemporary stiff paper wrappers, rebacked with cloth, marbled endpapers. Housed in a cloth box. Manuscript journal at sea in the Indian Ocean, the Bay of Bengal and along the coast of India by a writer in the Royal Navy. After giving some biographical details, daily entries in the journal begin with his taking the exam to be a writer in the Royal Navy in June 1891, followed by service on a number of ships stationed near Great Britain including taking part in a

• Binding: Wrappers

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