9.0" (23 cm) Tall Third printing. Slightly cocked, tight binding, rear hinge cracked, pages clean but a bit age-darkened. Green cloth over boards is faded at spine. Very sound reading copy. http://www.catscradlebks.com/book_images/340057.jpg

1st American Printing. 8vo over 7.75 - 9.75'' tall Nice Tight Clean copy ! 459 pages. 8882

Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good to VG-. The Romance of ships in the Caribbean and the Mediterrean, by the Master story teller by the sea. Captain, mates, engineers, sailors of fortune who serve the hu ge ocean liners that plow through the Mediterranean and Caribbean to harbors of romance; these are their stories. The first one, "A Son of the Commodore" was supported by a remarkable feat of the imag ination, creates the human background which might have led up to the staggering tragedy. It is a long, full-bodied story. almost a novelette, and has never before published. There follow tales of the Afro-Iberian line and of British sailors ashore in Salonika Port, Port Said and glamourous ports of the east. 5/9/2003 11/24/2007 1:38:12 PM 1