NIGHT WATCHES.
by JACOBS**, W[illiam] W[ymark]:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- VG+./No dw/dj.
- Seller
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PLYMOUTH., Devon, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Reflecting the popularity of perhaps his most enduring character: the night-watchman on the wharf in Wapping,recounting the preposterous adventures of his acquaintances Ginger Dick,Sam Small,and Peter Russet.These three characters,pockets full after a long voyage,would take lodgings together,determined to enjoy a long spell ashore; but the crafty inhabitants of dockland London would soon relieve them of their funds,assisted by the sailors' own fecklessness and credulity.
William Wymark Jacobs,b. 8th September,1863 - d. 1st September 1943,was an English author of short stories and novels.Much of his output was humorous,but he is probably most famous for a frightening ghost story,'The Monkey's Paw',which was published 1902,in the collection of short stories 'The Lady of the Barge' and 'The Toll House' published 1909,in the collection of short stories 'Sailors' Knots'. His favourite subjects were marine life and the variety of characters within.
An uncommonly presentable item,this example has survived exceptionally well,particularly without any dw/dj and unusually,without the usual major discolouration and other imperfections usually encountered or expected in a book of this age.
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- Bookseller
- R. J. A. PAXTON-DENNY. (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- rja894520
- Title
- NIGHT WATCHES.
- Author
- JACOBS**, W[illiam] W[ymark]:
- Format/Binding
- Hardback.
- Book Condition
- Used - VG+.
- Jacket Condition
- No dw/dj.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- UK,12mo HB,no dw/dj,1st thus.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- LONDON.HODDER & STOUGHTON,[n.d. - circa 1916.]
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- q52.MODERN FIRSTS2.UK,12mo HB,no dw/dj,1st thus.Nautical_maritime_seafarer fiction_short stories.The Monkey's Paw.Humorous short stories_W. W. Jacobs.Bob Pretty.Claybury village.Port of London_Wapping wharves.Books new,used,signed,rare.
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- MODERN FIRSTS2;
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