Adventures of Captain Horn
by STOCKTON, Frank R
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About This Item
STOCKTON, Frank R. The Adventures of Captain Horn. Orig. calf-backed boards. Frontis. N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1900. Volume IX of the Novels and Stories of Frank Stockton printed by the De Vinne Press. See BAL 18936. This volume inscribed by Stockton on the verso of the second preliminary page, "This novel was not published serially. Frank R. Stockton, November 7, 1900." Spine and covers rather worn, but a good copy.
Synopsis
Early in the spring of the year 1884 the three-masted schooner Castor, from San Francisco to Valparaiso, was struck by a tornado off the coast of Peru. The storm, which rose with frightful suddenness, was of short duration, but it left the Castor a helpless wreck. Her masts had snapped off and gone overboard, her rudder-post had been shattered by falling wreckage, and she was rolling in the trough of the sea, with her floating masts and spars thumping and bumping her sides.
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- Bookseller
- George S. MacManus Company (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 20335
- Title
- Adventures of Captain Horn
- Author
- STOCKTON, Frank R
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Keywords
- DE VINNE PRESS, INSCRIBED, LITX
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