Original grey cloth with green lettering and portrait on boards. Unclipped DJ worn all round, with some taped repairs inside. Signed by previous owner and by author on recto of First Free Endpaper. Facs. signature of author under front. photo. A believe-it-or-not autobiographical account of a 14-year-old's first voyage in a tramp steamer of the British Merchant Marine. Great inspiration for your teenaged couch potato! Will he believe it ? 316 pp.
Title: The Half Deck; The Story of My First Two Years at Sea (Signed)
Edition: First ( No Additional printings)
Illustrator: Gordon Grant
Location Published: Boston, Little, Brown and Company: 1933
Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Good Minus
Inscription: Signed by Author(s)
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Type: Book
Categories: Adventure, Maritime, Juvenile
Seller ID: 003446
Keywords: noisbn biography. ship. steamer.