...It is one of the curiosities of literature, a fact that old Isaac Disraeli might have delighted to linger over, that there have been no collectors of sea-tales; that no man has ever, as in the present instance, dwelt upon the topic with the purpose of gathering some of the best work into a single volume. And yet men have written of the sea since 2500 B.C. when an unknown author set down on papyrus his account of a struggle with a sea-serpent. This account, now in the British Museum, is the first sea-story on record. Our ...
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...It is one of the curiosities of literature, a fact that old Isaac Disraeli might have delighted to linger over, that there have been no collectors of sea-tales; that no man has ever, as in the present instance, dwelt upon the topic with the purpose of gathering some of the best work into a single volume. And yet men have written of the sea since 2500 B.C. when an unknown author set down on papyrus his account of a struggle with a sea-serpent. This account, now in the British Museum, is the first sea-story on record. Our modern sea-stories begin properly with the chronicles of the early navigators-in many of which there is an unconscious art that none of our modern masters of fiction has greatly surpassed. For delightful reading the lover of sea stories is referred to Best's account of Frobisher's second voyage-to Richard Chancellor's chronicle of the same period-to Hakluyt, an immortal classic-and to Purchas' "Pilgrimage."...
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Seller's Description:
This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 700grams, ISBN:
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Very Good Plus. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Blue boards with yellow lettering. cover slightly soiled. cover corners and edges slightly bumped and nicked. foxing over all. no markings. binding tight.
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Good. No Jacket. 8vo-over 7æ"-9æ" tall. Hardcover, no dust-jacket. 491pp. Foreword by Admiral William V. Pratt. No previous ownership marks. Small pieces of dust-jacket adhered to upper rear board. Else a tight, square, tightly bound copy. Good.
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Near Fine. Later printing. 491pp. Light brown boards with gilt and green spine titles. Light foxing on the endpapers with a faded spine and small mark to the front board, near fine.
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Good. No dust jacket. ix, 332 p. 22 cm. Good copy; has gift inscription on ffep, otherwise unmarked; blue boards, somewhat stained and faded; pages age-toned; front and rear hinges broken but spine intact; no information on edition; date on copyright page only. Includes: Spanish bloodhounds and English mastiffs, by C. Kingsley. --The club-hauling of the Diomede, by Captain F. Marryat. --The cruise of the Torch, by M. Scott. --The merchantman and the pirate, by C. Reade. --The mutiny of the Bounty, anonymous.
