£70
ROYAL GEORGE: 'A Concise Account of the Loss of the Royal George at Spithead, 1782'. Portsmouth, W H Charpentier, 1840: 2nd Edition. Loosely bound in wooden boards from the wreck (spine deficient) and string tied, small copper panel engraved with title details taped to upper, 24mo. Final flyleaf with handwritten provenance: 'Sacred to the memory of Thomas Bowles who died 12th April 1846 aged 85...he was the husband of Mary Bowles and the last survivor of HM Ship Royal George..' (1)
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