This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ...and anchored off a brightly lighted waterfront on which there seemed to be some sort of an amusement park like a miniature Coney Island. There was great excitement as Jim sighted a tram car. It must have been designed after Fontaine Fox's "Toonerville Trolley," but it was still a tram car and it stood ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1922 edition. Excerpt: ...and anchored off a brightly lighted waterfront on which there seemed to be some sort of an amusement park like a miniature Coney Island. There was great excitement as Jim sighted a tram car. It must have been designed after Fontaine Fox's "Toonerville Trolley," but it was still a tram car and it stood for progress--and we began to feel that Coruna was not the insignificant place that Ferrol considered it. Lying quietly at anchor among the shadowy shapes of all sorts of interesting craft, we resisted the temptation to row ashore, prepared a good dinner and turned in. Our stay at Coruna was a short one; eighteen hours after we dropped the hook we were again on our way, but in this short time we saw enough of the town to neutralize the bad impression of Spain we had formed during the previous week. A sail about the harbor that had seemed so mysterious as we felt our way in at night, gave us a pretty good idea of the place even before we went ashore. Several sizeable ships gave evidence that it was a port of considerable importance, an intimation of which fact had been conveyed to us rather forcefully the night before by the liner that had nearly run us down. To make up for the rather inadequate docking facilities there were scores of heavy lighters lying at anchor and looking far less romantic by daylight than they had at night. An ancient battleship returned our salute promptly and the crew of a trim little coasting vessel with a sort of lateen schooner rig waved us a cordial greeting as we gained headway under jib and mizzen for a look around. Over at the north end of the harbor, near the cigarette factory, scores of trim trawlers of the type we had seen launched were berthed along the piers with nets slung up to dry. Tugs and workboats...
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New. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 354 p. In Stock. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Brand New, Perfect Condition, allow 4-14 business days for standard shipping. To Alaska, Hawaii, U.S. protectorate, P.O. box, and APO/FPO addresses allow 4-28 business days for Standard shipping. No expedited shipping. All orders placed with expedited shipping will be cancelled. Over 3, 000, 000 happy customers.
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Fair. 8vo. A very tatty copy with long vertical splits and fraying to spine front cover edges, spine cloth virtually detached, front hinge cracked. Soiling and discolouration to tan cloth covers, black titling and small front cover illus rubbed and worn, corners bumped and worn Binding pulling centre. Author's inscription on ffep + two letters from author pasted on to verso frontispiece and title pages. Newspaper articles about Nutting and his missing yacht also pasted on rear eps.
