INVENTORY #157651
Half Hours At Sea: Stories of Voyage, Adventure, and Wreck
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$100.00 CAD
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Stories about storms at sea, wrecks, fires on board, castaways, lifeboats, lighthouses, and, most interestingly, going after slavers. The latter story, however, is about a gun battle with a Spanish slave ship and contains no anti-slavery discourse. These are adventure stories only, apparently intended to entertain boys for the "half hour" in the series title.
Publication Info
- Publisher: Charles Burnet & Co.
- Edition: n/a
- Date Published: 1887
- Place Published: London
- ISBN: n/a
Details
- Condition: Very good +
- Signed: No
- Dust Jacket: No
- Jacket Condition: n/a
- Details:
The Half Hour Library of Travel, Nature, and Science For Young Readers. xi, 353, [1] p. 18 cm. Frontispiece and 73 other engraved plates as well as smaller b&w decorations. Full tree calf prize binding has gilt trim on spine and edges. Marbled endpapers. Prize inscription on a front endpaper. A little thumbing. A couple of signatures jutting out slightly.