Twilight was at hand when the little steamer, slender as a greyhound, cast loose from the pier at Holyhead, made its way cautiously out past the breakwater, and then, gathering speed, headed away across the Irish Sea, straight toward the setting sun. The boat showed many evidences that the Irish Sea can be savage when it chooses. Everything movable about the decks was carefully lashed down; there were railings and knotted ropes everywhere to cling to; and in the saloon the table-racks were set ready at hand, as though they ...
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Twilight was at hand when the little steamer, slender as a greyhound, cast loose from the pier at Holyhead, made its way cautiously out past the breakwater, and then, gathering speed, headed away across the Irish Sea, straight toward the setting sun. The boat showed many evidences that the Irish Sea can be savage when it chooses. Everything movable about the decks was carefully lashed down; there were railings and knotted ropes everywhere to cling to; and in the saloon the table-racks were set ready at hand, as though they had just been used, and might be needed again at any moment. But, on this Saturday evening in late May, the sea was in a pleasant, even a jovial, mood, with just enough swell to send a thin shower of spray across the deck from time to time, and lend exhilaration to the rush of the fleet little turbine.
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Burton E. Stevenson. Very Good (Plus). No Jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Burton (Egbert) Stevenson [1872-1962] was an author, librarian, and journalist who founded the American Library in Paris. This is a Very Good (Plus) copy of the First Edition. Green decorative cloth binding. Blindstamped rules and borders, with titling and Celtic knots in gilt; gilt titling on the spine. Clean text; 516 pages. "With many Illustrations from Photographs by the Author." Touch of rub to the margins; small bump to edge of front cover. Really a quite nice copy. In an archival plastic protector.
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