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London: Eyre & Spottiswoode , 1961. Reprint. Hardcover. Very Good/fair. A collection of nautical prose and poetry reflecting every aspect of the sea and seafairing. Each piece written from experience and ranging in scope from the terror of storms and shipwrecks to the calm of the tropics and the grinding onslaught of the Arctic ice-pack. A litterary feast for mariners and laymen alike. Size, 20.5 x 13.5cm, 376 pages, 4 colour reproductions of maritime paintings (plus one on jacket & endpapers), small drawings as chapter headings. Blue cloth boards in fair, price clipped, illustrated dust jacket. Internally, very good: clean, bright and unmarked in excellent bindings.