Sea escapes and adventures / by "Taffrail" (Captain Taprell Dorling)
1946, 1st edition. England : Penguin Books. Poor paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled, creased and nicked. Spine worn, roughly rubbed as with age and tearing (with some loss). Text remains clear and without blemish. Item #411788
Physical description; 183 p 18 cm. Notes; "First published August, 1927 Reprinted November, 1927 Second Edition 1929 First published by Penguin Books May, 1943" -- title page verso. Contents; Preface -- The survivors of the "Peggy" : 1765 -- The escape of the sloop "Guardian" : 1789-1790 -- The "Juno" at Toulon : 1794 -- The wreck of the "Phillis" transport : 1795 -- The preservation of the "Water Lily" : 1824 -- The "Victory" in the Arctic : 1829-1833 -- The story of the "Sarah Sands" : 1857 -- The Story of the whaleship "Diana" -- 1866-1867 -- The tragedy of the "Mignonette" : 1884 -- The escape of the "Calliope" : 1889 -- The escape of the "Terra Nova" : 1910 -- The escape of the "Ortega" : 1914 -- Sir Ernest Shackleton and the "Endurance" : 1914-1916 -- The Atlantic by aeroplane : 1919. Subjects; Penguin books (series). 20th century literature. Travel and adventure. Sea stories.
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