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VERY RARE - SCARCE EDITION
RARE FIRST EDITION - NINE FINE LEATHER BINDINGS
9 ORIGINAL COPPER ENGRAVED PLATES BY W. LIZARS, FENNERFRAGMENTS OF VOYAGES AND TRAVELS
Including Anecdotes of a Naval Life.
Chiefly for the use of young persons.
First Series; Second Series & Third Series
by
Captain BASIL HALLEDINBURGH: Robert Cadell. LONDON: Whitaker, Treacher & Co. MDCCCXXXI-II-III. 1831 1832 & 1833 [published date: 1831 to 1833]. Rare First edition, small 8vo. 6" x 4.5" inches (LxB). Rare First Series, Second Series & Third Series in nine volumes. All edges marbled. Uniformly bound in fine original contemporary 3/4 calf leather bindings over marbled boards, gilt ruled spines with brown gilt lettered morocco labels. Extra engraved vignette title page to each volume, sculpted by W. Lizars, et al. First editions of all three parts, seldom found thus. It is unusual to find the complete work comprising the three separate parts in uniform bindings such as these. This was Hall's main work and includes descriptions of his adventures around the world including much information about the coast of America, Bermuda, Nova Scotia, Madeira, India, and Borneo, as well as numerous reflections on naval life in general with suggestions on how to improve it, especially with regard to discipline. Complete as issued. A classic work. There are numerous close-up pictures of the contents given below; please click on them for a detailed description (See Scans below). Please take some time to view the 50+ pictures in detail, in order to gain a full idea of the contents and condition.

Volume 1: First Series, 1831. Pp. iv, (2), 338 pages + Extra engraved title page with vignette of H. M. S. Leander. Contents page with long tear to blank inner margin.
Volume 2: First Series, 1831. Pp. (4), 371 pages + Extra engraved title page with vignette view of "Corunna".
Volume 3: First Series, 1831. Pp. (4), 320 pages + Extra engraved title page with vignette view of "Rockall".
Volume 4: Second Series, 1832. Pp. (6), 334 pages + Extra engraved title page with vignette view of Pioneer Tents, "Salsette".
Volume 5: Second Series, 1832. Pp. (4), 312 pages + Extra engraved title page with vignette view of "Calicut". Folding chart shewing the Naval & Marine officers on Ships & Vessels.
Volume 6: Second Series, 1832. Pp. (4), 339, (3, ads) pages + Extra engraved title page with vignette view of "Elephanta Caves, Bombay".
Volume 7: Third Series, 1833. Pp. viii, 363 pages + Extra engraved title page with Map of INDIA.
Volume 8: Third Series, 1833. Pp. (4), 325 pages + Extra engraved title page with vignette view of "Adams Peak, Ceylon".
Volume 9: Third Series, 1833. Pp. (4), 328 pages + Extra engraved title page with vignette view of "Poodecherum Pass". Facsimile of a 2 page handwritten letter by Sir Walter Scott at the end.

Basil Hall, FRS (31 December 1788 – 11 September 1844) was a British naval officer from Scotland, a traveller, and an author. He was the second son of Sir James Hall, 4th Baronet, an eminent man of science. Hall commanded many vessels involved in exploration and scientific and diplomatic missions. While serving aboard HMS Endymion, Hall witnessed Sir John Moore being carried dying from the Battle of Corunna. It was also aboard the Endymion that Hall met William Howe DeLancey, who later married Hall's sister Magdalene. DeLancey was struck by a cannonball at the Battle of Waterloo, and it was for her brother that Magdalene wrote A Week at Waterloo in 1815, a poignant narrative describing how she nursed her husband in his final days. In 1810 he voyaged to Rockall aboard the Endymion and in 1811 was part of the very first landing party upon it. His hazardous exploits in returning with this party were described in Fragments of Voyages and Travels. Hall explored Java in 1813 and in 1817 interviewed Napoleon (who had been an acquaintance of his father) on St. Helena. From the beginning of his naval career he had been encouraged by his father to keep a journal, which later became the source for a series of books and publications describing his travels. These included Account of a Voyage of Discovery to the West Coast of Corea and the Great Loo-Choo Island in the Japan Sea (1818), which was one of the first descriptions of Korea by a European, and Extracts from a Journal Written on the Coasts of Chile, Peru and Mexico (1823). Hall's journals also provide one of the few accounts of the wreck of the Arniston in 1815, which gave its name to the seaside town of Arniston, South Africa. As a captain, he was very critical of the fact that this ship did not have a marine chronometer with which to calculate longitude, and attributed the great loss of life directly to this false economy.[3] Following his retirement from the navy in 1823, Hall was married on 1 March 1825 to Margaret Congalton (d. 1876), the youngest daughter of Sir John Hunter, Consul-General in Spain by his spouse Elizabeth Barbara, sister to Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet. In 1826, when Sir Walter Scott was sunk in depression following his wife's death and financial ruin, Hall who organised a trip to Naples for Scott, managing to persuade the government to place a ship at his disposal. In 1829 Hall published Travels in North America which caused some offence due to his criticisms of American society. His best known work was The Fragments of Voyages and Travels (9 volumes, 1831–1833 )

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CONDITION REPORT: A rare book set in original contemporary 3/4 calf leather bindings, over marbled boards, gilt ruled spine with a brown gilt lettered morocco label (See Scans below), some wear/tear, scuffing, soiling to covers, spine, ends & corners (See Scans below), the pages with some age toning, minor soiling are clean & bright (See Scans below), the binding is tight & intact (See Scans below). The leather is smooth & supple to the touch (See Scans below). Note: The extra engraved title pages are browned & with edge stains (See the last Scans below). Pictures of ships pasted on the front pastedown & on the 1stblank of volume 1. There are many close-up pictures for your kind perusal. Please click on any of the 50+ images above & below in the listing for enlarged close-up pictures of details, virtues & flaws (See Scans below).

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