by John Lesterman
illustrated by Rowland Hilder
Jonathan Cape, 1928.
1st edition. 8vo. 318 pages. colour frontispiece, decorative end-papers, 15 full-page plates in black & white, plus chapter heading vignettes, by Rowland Hilder.
very good bright condition hardback in the original blue cloth binding and with the dust-jacket, with the frontispiece illustration reproduced in colour on the front of the jacket.
a little light foxing to bottom edge. dust-jacket just a little dusty and creased, with a few tiny edge tears.
Publisher's marketing postcard and small flyer for 'Le Morte Darthur' loosely inserted.
boy's naval adventure story set in the time of the Napoleonic wars.
