Chase and Chance in Indo-China

Previous owner's signature in pencil on front endpaper "T. T. Thompson". Some foxing to page edges. Some rubbing and dampstains to spine of dust wrapper. Small tears and chips to margins of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; An account of sailing adventures in a small vessel in the waters of Thailand in the early 20th century. [xii], (380) pages + maps on endpapers. Blue cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine and front board. Page dimensions: 184 x 121mm. With 16 illustrations, and with 5 small maps on the endpapers. Dust wrapper has "Overseas Edition" printed on the spine. "Mr Warington Smyth and his merry men had many adventures in the waters of Siam, and dangers innumerable from outlaws by land and sea." - from blurb on front flap of dust wrapper. Smyth was a Commander of the Order of the White Elephant of Siam. Contents: The Quest of Bo Din Keng; The Tin Streamers of Puket; The Dacoit of the Pak-Chan; The Blue Pearl; The Cave of Awi; The Forty Fathom Level; Mirage; The Supercargo and the Mate; The Sugar Palm. "I rushed round to Andersen's ship-chandler store. There one could get not only all the rope and ship's stores dear to the heart of the sailor, but also all the gear needed for the most exciting up-country expedition. The boat was lying at the Custom-house steps, whither I had brought her during the last week-end. She was already filled up with ordinary stores for week-end expeditions, with water-beakers full, and it only took me a couple of hours after dark to 'complete for sea' - that delightful term which rings so full of romance and adventure and which is so often the presage of calamitous happenings." - page 5. ; 12mo

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Publisher: William Blackwood & Sons

Year: 1934

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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