Many cargoes / by W.W. Jacobs
1939, First Edition. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. Very good paperback copy; edges slightly dust-toned and nicked. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, and clean. Item #435246
Series; Penguin Books. no. 214. Physical description
246, [10] pages ; 18 cm. Contents; A change of treatment. -- A love passage. -- The captain's exploit. -- Contraband of war. -- A black affair. -- The skipper of the "Osprey." -- In borrowed plumes. -- The boatswain's watch. -- Low water. -- In mid-Atlantic. -- After the inquest. -- In Limehouse Reach. -- An elaborate elopement. -- The cook of the "Gannet." -- A benefit performance. -- A case of desertion. -- Outsailed. -- Mated. -- The rival beauties. -- Mrs. Bunker's chaperon. -- A harbour of refuge. Subjects; River life ; Fiction. Short stories, English. Humorous stories, English. Manners and customs. River life.
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