Secondhand. Good condition. Wear to book corners and edges. Marks on covers. Interior and binding are still very good. Rare copy.
The brig James Matthews sailed out of sight of English land on April 7th 1841, bound for the Swan River. On 22nd July, she sank in a violent storm on the north side of Woodman's Point in Cockburn Sound.
This tale of her last voyage reproduces part of a shipboard diary kept by one of the four passengers, Henry de Burgh. (back cover)

