Eight Bells - Drury WP

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Eight Bells - Drury, WP

Our price: $15.39

General Details

Edition: 1st edition (1st impression)

Publication Year: 1932

Publisher: Rich & Cowan of London

ISBN: not stated

Language: English

Size: 8vo - over 7.75in. - 9.75in. tall

Binding: cloth (hardcover)

Covers: green with gilt lettering

No. of pages: 288

Condition Details

This book is in good condition and does NOT have a dustjacket

Note: This book has been owned previously. If it appears unread this will be noted in the additional information (below).

Additional Information

"An unimaginable bomb-sketch of George II's Navy, much cursed by the elderly Lieutenant who commands her, is nearly wrecked in a gale off Land's End. The peril past he confides to his Master's Mate that his wife is about to give birth to a boy. A girl is born, and in his wrath he decrees not only that she shall be named 'Petronella' after the detested ketch but that she shall be christened on board her...."; top and bottom of spine are slightly rubbed; a little fading to spine; scattered foxing to prelims and occasionally to pages; browning to endpapers

BFU046-999X

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