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First English Edition, first impression, 1 of 1500 copies. Hard cover 12mo, in green linen wove cloth with titles, shell and coral vignette motifs blocked to the spine in gold, the publisher's name appearing at the foot as "METHVEN." Top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed and printed. upon heavy laid paper. Printed by Billing and Sons Ltd., Guildford. "By the Same Author" opposite title page. Title page in red and black. Copyright reading "First published in 1906." COLLATION: [i-vi], vii, [viii], 1-306pp., [1] 40pp. paginated "Messrs. Methuen & Sons" catalogue bound in at rear, dated August 1906. The Table of Contents lists 15 chapters, the 49 sections of which Keating says are abstracted from prior-serialized material from the Author's memoirs of his life at sea, some appearing in the Pall Mall Magazine Jan.- June 1905.**CONDITION: Very Good. Hinges just starting but holding firmly, light foxing to endpapers, two lightly bumped corners, and head of spine may have two repairs. Some small marks to boards. Still, overall a nice copy with no inscriptions and mildly toned pages in a square and tight binding. Keating says the untrimmed state is scarce, as "the greater part of the edition having been issued with trimmed edges." (Keating p. 153) REFS: Lohf and Sheehy 53. Keating 67. Supino A11.1.0. ( p. 139.)
Ref: CONRD 9221
$340.00