Deep Sea Plunderings by Captain A. Halcrow, 1946, 2nd ed. Vintage Illustrated Hardback Sailing History

Deep Sea Plunderings by Captain A. Halcrow, 1946, 2nd edition, published by Oliver and Boyd Ltd. London, 281 pages

'Tales of Fact'

This vintage sailing hardback is illustrated throughout with black and white photos.
It is in good condition:
- the original dust-jacket has some small tears and creases along the edges, as well as wear and rubbing with some discolouration on the back
- the book itself has some discolouration cause by light at the top edges
- inside there is a name dated 1946 on the front flysheet
- otherwise there is no writing, tearing, creasing or dog-earing.

19cm x 13cm x 2cm approx.

Blurb reads:
Written by a Master of Craft who is also a master of graphic descriptive language that grips the imagination. The Author's experience is wide and varied. In fact it may be said to range from "Greenland's Icy Mountains to India's Coral Strand". And every phase of sea adventure is depicted in terms of truth.
He gives us tales of the marvellous; the incredible, the weird and the unique. There are tragic experiences, sea comedy and sea mystery. One reads of Plague Ships, and of Whaling in the icy North, and also of the thrill associated with diamond smuggling. One gathers, incidentally, what life was like on Cape Horner in those days when the final arbiter was the belaying pin.
Jack's proverbial weakness for a drop when ashore provides the necessary touch of humour, and the tales are ample proof that Truth is stranger than Fiction.

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