F.E. Raynal [François-Edouard Raynal] — Wrecked on a Reef: A True Story

London, Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1896. Cloth. An uncommon illustrated edition of a first-hand account of a sailor who was shipwrecked on the Auckland Isles with a small company. An uncommon and translated illustrated edition of Wrecked on a Reef, or Twenty Months Among the Auckland Isles, a true story written by French sailor François-Edouard Raynal. Published by Thomas Nelson and Sons 1896, first published in 1869.In the publisher's original blue pictorial cloth. Contains a frontispiece, and all thirty-nine other illustrated plates, including an illustrated vignette. Collated complete.A vivid first-hand account of a remarkable story concerning a small company of ship-wrecked sailors aboard the Grafton shipwreck on the Auckland Isles in 1864. Reading the account, we are exposed to Raynal's own thoughts and perspective, as well as learning how he survived. In the publisher's original blue pictorial cloth. Externally, smart, with the odd small mark. Slight rubbing to the edges and joints. Fading to the spine, and bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. Green end papers are generally bright and clean, with slight offsetting. Internally, firmly bound, with minor wear to hinges between leaves pp.286-287 and p.350 and rear free end paper. Pages are bright and clean, with slight age toning and the faint spot to the extremities of the rare leaf. Very Good . Ill.: Unknown. Very Good .