All pages yellowed. Spine was worn at head & tail, now repaired. Corners worn but less wear on edges . Colour frontis and one other colour plate; B&w text illustrations: no list. Very rare in First Edition. A factual account of sea wrecks and lifesaving by the well-known children’s novelist, who wrote Coral Island. Covered in archival plastic.
Authored by R.M. Ballantyne and published by Nisbet & Co of London in 1883. Hard cover bound this First Edition copy is in Good condition with No dust jacket. The size of the book is 187x131x21mm with 175 pages plus 8 pages ads.