It is a story of considerable interest and some small historical value. It does not compete with any of the major narratives of the sea, but it is supplementary to them in its relation of the domestic detail of a ship and in the occasional light it throws on the temper of the men and the conditions of their life.
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It is a story of considerable interest and some small historical value. It does not compete with any of the major narratives of the sea, but it is supplementary to them in its relation of the domestic detail of a ship and in the occasional light it throws on the temper of the men and the conditions of their life.
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Add this copy of A Child Under Sail to cart. $41.26, good condition, Sold by Bookcase rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Carlisle, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1949 by Rupert Hart-Davis.
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Good. No Jacket. 12mo. Boards clean with minimal signs of shelfwear, spine and spine edges browned, closed edges browned, spotting to endpapers, Sail Diagram of a Full-Rigged Ship to fep, small pencil inscription to foot of fly-title page, frontispiece reproduced from an oil painting of the ship Eurydice, pp clean and tidy, binding sound.
Add this copy of A Child Under Sail to cart. $88.14, good condition, Sold by John C. Newland rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cheltenham, Glos., UNITED KINGDOM, published 1977 by Brown, Son & Ferguson.
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Used-Good. Good hardback in Good price-clipped dustjacket. Ex-library copy, discreet stamp on verso of title page. Blue cloth boards with gilt titles on spine and front board. Pages bright; binding tight. Dust jacket price-clipped, some blotchy discolouration to (white) covers, residue of label on spine. Dust jacket protected in removable clear film.
