Gascoigne's Path to Naval Fame, The Second Edition, With an index of Nautical Terms & Phrases, Respectfully Dedicated to The Officers of His Majesty's Royal Navy, Marines, and Land Forces. By Henry Barnet Gascoigne Lieut. Royal Marines; invalided on Active Service, and placed on the Retired Half Pay list in 1808. With The Author's Poetic Petition to his Majesty [Second Edition Half Leather Binding]

Warwick: Printed for the author, by E. Foden, 1825, Second Edition. Beautiful half leather binding, with gilt decorated spine, and engraved frontispiece, two further engraved plates, a separately paginated ‘Author’s Petition’ (16pp) and four leaves of terminal advertisements. This work includes an extensive list nautical terminology explained in an 18 page dictionary (pp 163-180). Henry Barnet Gascoigne, sometime Lieut. Royal Marines who was invalided on Active Service and placed on Half-Pay in 1808, composed several slight works of a naval nature as well as others on poverty, many of which are included in the 7pp list of advertisements to the end of this title. A scarce work, no copies of the first edition appear on Worldcat and JISC, and this second edition is rare; COPAC locates only three libraries with copies (under the full title, six libraries with the title “G’s Path to Naval Fame”. x, 180, 16, 7, [1]pp. Approximately 8 ½ inches tall. Condition Report Externally Spine – very good condition – gilt titles to red label, four broad raised gilt bands, gilt decorated compartments. Joints – very good condition. Corners – very good condition. Boards – good condition – marbled boards leather quarters, worn and marked. Page edges – good condition – page edges tanned, some corners turned over. See above and photos. Internally Hinges – very good condition – sound. Paste downs – good condition – tanned and foxed. End papers – good condition – tanned and minor foxing. Title – good condition – tanned and gently foxed. Pages – good condition – tanned and gently foxed. Binding – good condition – attractive. See photos. Publisher: see above. Publication Date: 1825 Binding: Hardback.…