Narrative of the loss of the Mary Rose, at Spithead, July 20th 1545. Horsey, S., 43 Queen Street, Portsea. 1849. 99 printed pages. On the final page (99), the text states that this is the ninth edition; the text was reset from the first edition but is the same except for the final paragraph of the book that adds a little more about the marine salvage perdormed under the command of General Pasley. The book has wood salvaged from the Mary Rose as front and back covers and a label pasted onto the front paste-down endpaper states , "The wood from which the covers of this book are made was purchased Nov 12, 1840 at Mr Dean's public sale of articles recovered by him from the Mary Rose. A certificate of which may be seen on application to the publisher. The public may confide on its being a genuine relic of that unfortunate ship". Original blue endpapers with paper label certifying originality of origin of boards on front free paste-down endpaper. 54 x 90mm. Original navy blue calf spine with gilt lettering. Original boards from wood salvaged from 16th century wreck. Welsh, 5215. OCLC, 560487673. WorldCat locates 3 copies worldwide (National Maritime Museum, British Library and Indiana University). 113 firsts2024