"The whole adventurous story of the wreck of the Alceste is true in every detail, for there are ample contemporary documents and journals of survivors to piece together this sea epic." 318p: black/white frontispiece + 2 fold-out maps + 7 illustrations on coated paper hors-texte; 22cm. Bibliography. 623g. Book: Near Very Good (clean, spine faded, small discolouration front board, a few gutter tender but binding is sound). Dustjacket: Good (edgewear with small chips and tears: some taped inside, spine darkened, some soiling).

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