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Hard cover, 8vo in tan cloth printed with a pictorial harbor scene in black, orange and blue-gray with titles to front board, illustration repeated upon spine within a ruled border. Text block edges stained tan. Printed endpapers with armorial bookplate of a Chicago socialite and her spouse. Illustrated with sixteen black and white illustrations from Will Owen ( 1869-1957), British commercial artist, poster and and book illustrator friend of the Author. 291 (292)pp. plus 4 pp. undated publisher's catalogue beginning with "The Hound of the Baskervilles." **CONDITION: Very Good. Hinges with small repair, holding firmly. Some light marks to covers. Now in mylar. ** Captain Nugent of the ship Conqueror finds himself readjusting to land ashore after losing command of his ship. Readjustment to the comic aspects of family life abound. A number of his works of light nautical fiction, including this, were produced as plays in New York and London. Apparently, G.K. Chesterson and J.B. Priestly were both admirers, including Jacobs in their anthologies of modern literature. Watson 4, 621.
Ref: HAHA 9612
$45.00