Madam Captain by E Laurie-Long - 1958

London: Ward Lock, 1958 Blue cloth titled in red on spine. Tight and square, faded at spine, a few spots of foxing in edges and prelims, a name in front. Size: 12mo - over 6¾" - 7¾" tall

Ward, Lock & Co., 1958. Hardcover. Good/Good. 1958. No Edition Remarks. 191 pages. Pictorial dust jacket covered in removable plastic wrapper over blue cloth. Pages remain bright and clean with minimal tanning and foxing. Binding remains firm. Minor pencil inscriptions to front free endpaper. Boards have light shelf wear with minor corner bumping and crushing to spine ends. Unclipped jacket has light edge wear with minor chipping and creasing.

London: Ward, Lock & Co.. Good in Very Good dust jacket. (1958). First Edition. Hardcover. Front free endpaper torn out. A few 3/8" and smaller tears to margins of dust wrapper. Some staining to rear panel of dust wrapper. Dust wrapper protected in archival mylar cover. ; 192 pages. Blue papered boards. A sea story for children. "In this splendid sea story, Lilia Fowell, daughter of a London shipowner, recalls the incidents of her young days and tells how, in order to avoid an enforced marriage, she stowed away in one of her father's ships bound for Australia. After being deserted by the captain and crew during a storm, she and the young mate, with the help of a few passengers, brought the derelict boat to Perth, Western Australia, to find their difficulties were only just beginning. This is a first-rate tale of the period when sail was fighting a losing battle with steam." ; 12mo .