Galahad Books, 1986. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Hurd, Peter :Iillustrator. Original copyright 1940 by David McKay and Company. This edition published by Galahad Books and distributed by Barnes and Noble. Hard cover in fine condition with dark gray boards, black spine cloth, and gold gilt spine lettering. Interior text block clean and tight; no writings, no markings noted. Full page black and white illustrations throughout. 431 numbered pages; page 431 has crease at top corner where page was dog-earred folded. Dust jacket in likewise fine condition. * From the flap, ""This collecton of sea stories contains classics from all ages and nations from Homer's description of the raft of Odsseus to a vivid report by Jack London of a ferry-boat collision in San Francisco harbor. . . . . [See photo of back jacket where the author's of the stories are listed.] N.C. Wyeth concludes in his Foreword, ""I feel secure in asserting that there is hardly a page in the present volume but what contains a vivid spark which will ignite and explode into pure brilliance some dormant joy which is linked to the sea. One will find, in these stories, its ineffable beauty, its dynamic and ruthless power, and its teeming romance.""

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Bookseller: Elk Creek Heritage Books (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: M001479
Title: Great Stories of the Sea & Ships
Author: Wyeth, N.C. : Editor
Illustrator: Hurd, Peter :Iillustrator
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Quantity Available: 1
ISBN 10: 0760760012
ISBN 13: 9780760760017
Publisher: Galahad Books
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1986
Keywords: Fiction, Literary collections, Ocean, Sea, Short Stories
Bookseller catalogs: Fiction; Short Stories;

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