Polar Books Catalogue
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Sections : Antarctic; Arctic; Journal of the Manchester Geographical Society; Maps; Miscellaneous; Mountaineering; General Polar; Scott; Other travel; Whaling;
Reference 3937 (2174) Category Miscellaneous Author Fox Smith, C Title Sea Songs and Ballads 1917-1922 with six illustrations by Phil W. Smith Publishing Information London: Methuen & Co., Ltd, 1924 Description 1924 2nd Edition: 136 pages plus 8 pages publishers adverts, illustrated with b/w line drawings. Cloth covers. Shelf wear, covers grubby splitting at spine. Discrete booksellers label and previous owners signature crudely covered on verso front cover otherwise contents clean. Authentic seafaring poetry of the golden age of the sails.From the prelims: NOTE: This volume contains, as well as some poems not before published in book form, selections from four previous volumes: Small Craft, Rovings and Ships and Folks, Elkin Mathews. Ltd.) and Rhymes of the Red Ensign, published by Messrs. Hodder & Stoughton,and to the Proprietors of Punch and the editors of the "London Mercury". "the Sphere", "the Windsor Magazine" and other periodicals, the author is indebted for permission to reprint. Price £15.00 Keywords ISBN Add this to your basket