The Unknown Shore

First edition, first impression.  256pp.  Maroon cloth-covered boards, with gilt lettering on the spine.  8vo.  Cloth gently rubbed at corners and spine ends.  Text block edges dull.  Internally neat, clean, tight and bright.  In its original dust wrapper, price clipped, rubbed, bumped at edges, shelf worn and sunned over spine.  Dust wrapper now protected in an archival-quality Mylar sleeve, fitted without the use of tape or adhesives.

An eighteenth century sea story from the master of maritime fiction, retelling the tale of an ill-fated ship on Anson’s expedition, the Wager as the background to the adventures of midshipman Jack Bryon and his eccentric protégé Toby.