King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855

E. Keble Chatterton

Published by George Allen & Company, Ltd, London, 1912

About this Item

A smart first edition copy of this history of smuggling between 1700 and 1855, with illustrations throughout. First edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, seven black-and-white plates, and many in-text images. Collated complete. A fascinating historical study of the development of smuggling in the period 1700 to 1855, with accounts of various gangs and events. Written by Edward Keble Chatterton, a prolific English writer who published roughly one hundred books, pamphlets and magazine series, mainly on maritime and naval themes. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Fading to the spine and the odd small mark to the boards. Rear hinge starting but firm. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd handling mark. Minor age toning to the endpapers. School prize bookplate to the front pastedown. Good. Seller Inventory # 889T26

Bibliographic Details

Title: King's Cutters and Smugglers 1700-1855

Publisher: George Allen & Company, Ltd, London

Publication Date: 1912

Binding: Cloth

Illustrator: Not Stated

Condition: Good

Edition: First edition.

Book Type: book