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LAMONT, James. Seasons with the Sea-Horses , London: Hurst and Blackett, 1861. 8° (216 x 137mm). Engraved plates. (Light spotting.) Original pictorial cloth gilt, uncut (a little shaken). GREIG, Alexander M. Fate of the Blenden Hall ... with an Account of her Wreck ... and Privations endured ... on the Desolate Islands of Inaccessible and Tristan d'Acunha , New York: William H. Colyer, 1847. 8° (188 x 113mm). Lithographed frontispiece. (Light foxing.) Original green blindstamped cloth. NIGHTINGALE, Thomas. Oceanic Sketches , London: James Cochrane, 1835. 8° (195 x 109mm). Engraved portrait of the author, one hand-coloured engraved plate and 4 aquatint plates. (Some foxing.) Contemporary boards (rebacked with cloth, rather rubbed). PRESENTATION COPY inscribed "With the Author's kind regards". Provenance : Augustin Krämer (bookplate). BENSON, John. A Short Account of the Voyages, Travels and Adventures ... comprising Seven Voyages to Different Parts of the World , [New England]: John C. Benson, [c.1830]. 8° (169 x 91mm). With the 4 final leaves of subscribers' names. (Stained.) Contemporary calf-backed boards (spine repaired, very rubbed). RARE. Not in BMC or Sabin. With 9 other works including George Little's Life on the Ocean (Boston, 1844), A List of the Flag-Officers of His Majesty's Fleet (London, 1782) and C. Cunningham's A Narrative of Occurences that took Place during the Mutiny at the Nore (Chatham, 1829). (13)