Manuscript logbook of 5 voyages aboard the ships Emerald, Creole, Massachusetts, and Mashuna

by Captain Henry F. Cole

$2,500 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

14 hand-colored signal flags drawn on front paste-down. 136 pages. Ink, in preprinted ledger book pages with decorative borders. With 2 manuscript leaves loosely inserted, one listing preview crew of the Emerald, and another noting sales and rigging in need of repair. Folio 323 x 202 mm . Half calf and marbled boards. Some old staining, a few leaves loose, binding scuffed, hinges cracked, a few chips to page edges. Item #313304 A logbook

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