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De Mierre, H.C. THE LONG VOYAGE
Walker and Company 1968 Very Good, Good++
8VO, 306 pgs., foldout Hardcover: Blue binding with title on spine in gold. Lightly bumped spine edges and corners. Illustrated endpapers are clean. Page edges are lightly foxed. Frontispiece and photos printed on coated stock. Fourteen year old de Mierre joined the ship Main in 1905. Weekly rations included seven punds of ship's biscuit and seven ounces of Lime juice. Apprentices received no pay at all and the boys on the ship were paid ten shillings a month- while the fine for using 'insulting' language was five shillings! Illustrated. Nice tight binding. Jacket: Price clipped. Edgewear chipping to corners and spine ends . Closed tears on front and back covers. Illustrated front cover. Author's photo on back. Attractive copy in protective mylar.
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20.00 USD
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