Wharf and Fleet: Ballads of the Fishermen of Gloucester

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Publication Info

• Publisher: Little, Brown, and Company
• Edition: First Edition
• Date Published: 1902
• Place Published: Boston
• ISBN: n/a

Details

• Condition: Good
• Signed: Yes
• Dust Jacket: No
• Jacket Condition: n/a
• Details:
  xiv, 117 p. 19 cm. Frontispiece. Title vignette. 11 b&w plates. Illustrations from original photographs of Gloucester's fishing industry. Burgundy cloth with gilt illustration and titles. Top edge gilt. Stain to back cover with a few thin marks. Spine tail torn, affecting lettering. Also a little wear to spine tail and corners. A bit of soiling on spine cloth. Inscribed by the author to a Prof. Elson on front free endpaper. Poems written in the dialect and vernacular of the fishermen.