The adventures of a post captain
By: by a naval officer ; with characteristic engravings by Mr. Williams
Publisher: Published by J. Johnston ... Simpkin and Marshall ... Sherwood, Neely and Jones ... S.W. Fores ... Macredie and Co. Edinburgh; Milliken, Dublin ...
Published: 1820
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 280
Other titles: Post captain, or, Adventures of a true British tar; Post captain
Notes: Second issue, with imprint "London : Printed by W. Lewis, 21, Finch-Lane, Cornhill" on verso of t.p.--cf. Tooley.

Engraved added illustrated title-page and plates 1-[6] by Williams, the remainder without artist's name; plates 1-[4] dated 1817.

Added t.p. has the reading: The post captain, or, Adventures of a true British tar by a naval officer.

Ascribed in American book prices current, and Anderson sale catalogue, November 15, 1918 (no. 158) to Alfred Thornton; in Book prices current, 1916, 1917, etc., to A. Thornton, probably the author of Don Juan, 1821.

Tooley, R.V. Coloured plates (1979 ed.), 485

Tooley, R.V. English bks with col. plates, 485